Did You Know This

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Did you know that there a search for two people who were aboard a tug boat that reportedly sank in the Mississippi River near Mud Island Friday?

Did you know that there was a search for two people who were aboard a tug boat that reportedly sank in the Mississippi River near Mud Island Friday?
Did you know that Lt. Rita Walter with the U.S. Coast Guard said they received a report about the 66-foot boat going down at 11:45 a.m. at mile marker 733, three miles south of Mud Island?
Did you know that the Coast Guard identified the vessel in a news release as the Ricky Robinson, owned by Wepfer Marine Inc?

Did you know that the Coast Guard received a notification of a mayday emergency broadcast, the news release said although  It wasn't clear whether the people on board the boat made the broadcast or someone else did?
Did you know that Shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Third Class Brandon Giles said the search was ongoing?.
Earle Farrell
Did you know that agencies involved in the search included the Coast Guard, as well as the Memphis police, who launched a boat and a police helicopter?

Did you know that the Shelby County Sheriff's Office also joined the search with their water
rescue unit, said Shelby County Sheriff's Office spokesman Earle Farrell?

 

Now if you didn't know, now you know...



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