A 73-Year-Old Man from Capsized Boat Was Found Dead

By Charlie Brett
16:52, July 28th 2008
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A 73-Year-Old Man from Capsized Boat Was Found Dead

The body of a 73-year-old man who was on a boat that capsized was found. According to the Washington Post, authorities said that the boat capsized over the weekend in the Chesapeake Bay. The 73-year-old man went missing Saturday evening.

The Coast Guard in Baltimore was informed that a catamaran had capsized off Dares Beach south of Plum Point in Calvert County and two men were in the boat. Rescue crews managed to save only one man.

The crews from the Coast Guard station in Talbot County, the Coast Guard air station in Atlantic City, N.J, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Calvert County searched Saturday night in order to find the two missing men. Only one of them was found alive. His condition was not made public. The man was saved by the Calvert County Sheriff's Department, reported the Washington Post.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ayla Stevens said that the man’s body was found Sunday evening by the Maryland Resource Police. His identity was not made public.

In the meantime, a 20-year-old kayaker went missing Saturday afternoon in Hull Creek, near Potomac River in Virginia. He was found Sunday afternoon and he was in a good condition.



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