| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District |
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| Press Release | Date: Sept. 20, 2005 |
UPDATE 1- COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR UMPQUA NORTH BEND, Ore. – The Coast Guard suspended its search today at 1:30 p.m., for the one boater who remains missing after a charter fishing vessel capsized Monday evening near Winchester Bay, Ore., south of the Umpqua River entrance. The Sydney Mae II was carrying four passengers and a master at the time of the accident. Two people were rescued while two others were found deceased. At 8:40 p.m., Monday Coast Guard Station Umpqua River received a call from an onshore observer who reported the charter fishing vessel Sydney Mae II was in distress and that they had lost sight of the vessel just south of the Umpqua River Jetty. Coast Guard At 9:13 p.m., a 47-foot motor life boat rescued two people from the 53-degree water. At approximately 10:45 p.m., Monday, The mobile land unit continued to search the shoreline south of the jetty throughout the night. The body of the second missing passenger was recovered at 8:05 a.m., on the shore. The helicopter, boat crews and mobile land unit searched 19 miles of coastline south of the Umpqua River Jetty but found no sign of the third missing person. ### The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the |
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