The U.S. Coast Guard, NJ State Police, NYPD, FDNY and other agencies have been looking for a 40-foot fishing boat after it capsized yesterday afternoon in the Sandy Hook Channel. Divers have resumed searching this morning.
According to a Coast Guard press release, they were "notified that a 40-foot steel fishing trawler had begun taking on water at 4:30 p.m. and sank shortly after. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook launched two rescue boatcrews to search for the sunken vessel." The NYPD conducted a "side scan sonar search to get a definitive location of the sunken vessel."
BREAKING: #Harbor #SCUBA & #Aviation conduct Dive Operations @ scene of overturned vessel @ Buoy14 #SandyHook @ABC pic.twitter.com/Z0FyWlGwMy
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) August 25, 2015
Later on, NJ State Police found debris that is believed to be from the boat, which is called El Jefe.
#MCSONJ @sheriffgolden's Marine 1 is assisting in search of fishing boat that sank off Sandy Hook. @NYPDnews @NJSP pic.twitter.com/cdAKnL0vBm
— Monmouth Co. Sheriff (@MonmouthSheriff) August 25, 2015
SANDYHOOK UPDATE: #NYPD Divers out of the water. Vessel not located. Side-Scan Sonar search efforts will continue pic.twitter.com/6KViVtFbX0
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) August 25, 2015
WABC 7 reports that it's unclear if anyone was aboard the boat; no one has been reported missing yet.
