ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard announced search efforts have been called off for a missing person after their boat was found partially submerged near the Columbia River.
Officials first received 911 calls on November 23 at around 5:20 a.m., reporting a disabled boat close to the Columbia River Bar, according to a release from the Coast Guard.
Crews later found a sailboat that had run aground as well as a capsized skiff, which were associated with the missing person.
Responders conducted multiple searches over 76 square nautical miles and made the call to suspend the search 1:57 p.m. on November 23.
“The decision to suspend a search is never made lightly,” said Lt. William Trumper, command duty officer for the Coast Guard’s Northwest District Command Center.
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