HONOLULU\u2014The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water in the vicinity of Champagne Ponds, Big Island, Hawai\u2019i, Sunday.<\/p>\n
Missing is 31-year-old Logan Whitfield of Canada. <\/p>\n
Whitfield is described at 5\u201910\u201d, 170 lbs, with short black hair and a goatee. He was last seen wearing black swim trunks, a black t-shirt, water shoes and had a black mask and snorkel. <\/p>\n
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, launched at 10:05 p.m., to search the area. Members from the Hawaii Police Department and Hawaii Fire Department are also conducting searches around the area. <\/p>\n
An urgent marine information broadcast notice to mariners was issued requesting boaters in the area to keep a sharp lookout. <\/p>\n
At 9:15 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center received a call from Whitfield\u2019s mother. She last saw him headed to go swimming in the vicinity of Champagne Ponds at 6 p.m., and notified the Coast Guard when he did not return several hours later, as previously agreed. She informed officials her son was also a fairly decent swimmer. (USCG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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