Texas City missing boater: Body found during searching after sailboat capsized
TEXAS CITY, Texas - A body has been found during a multi-agency search for a missing boater near Texas City, officials confirmed.
The Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office will confirm the deceased person's identity.
The Coast Guard, Texas City police and several other agencies had been searching for the missing boater – a man in his 60s – since around 4:30 p.m. Friday.
According to the Coast Guard, a boater called the Texas City Police Department and reported that their vessel had capsized, and the boater’s father had drifted out of sight near the Texas City Dike.
The Texas City Police Department searches for a missing boater.
The police department contacted the Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders.
Officials say a Texas City Marine Unit was able to recover the caller from the capsized sailboat and take the person to shore, but the father was not located at that time.
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The Coast Guard launched a boat and helicopter for the search. Other agencies involved in the search include the Texas City Police Department, League City Fire Department, Harris City Fire Department, Texas City Fire Department, Seabrook Fire Department, Nassau Bay Fire Department, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office and the Port of Houston Fire Department.
Shortly after noon Saturday, officials say a crew with the Seabrook Fire Department's Marine Rescue recovered a body from the water near the Texas City Y, where the Houston, Galveston and Texas City ship channels intersect.