Search for missing fisherman in open sea off Manasquan suspended
A Coast Guard file photo of a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, which was used in the search for Renee Lopez, 30, who apparently fell overboard from a commercial fishing boat Wednesday morning. The Coast Guard called off the search Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard has suspended its search off Monmouth County for a commercial fisherman from Virginia who apparently fell overboard.
Thirty-year-old Renee Lopez of Newport News, Va., was reported missing from the fishing vessel Yvonne Michelle approximately 45 miles east of the Manasquan Inlet around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The Coast Guard dispatched two MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews, a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew, and an 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako after Lopez was reported missing, The Star-Ledger reported.
The search ended Thursday morning after the Coast Guard searched more than 240 square miles for approximately 22 hours without finding any sign of Lopez.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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