WSB
I apologize, but we did everything we could to try to find out, as explained in the story. Called multiple Coast Guard “after hours media info” numbers multiple times, in addition to (after getting the series of 5 am texts) scouring flight trackers, marine trackers, Twitter, etc. The trackers did not show a single identified aircraft or vessel in the area at the time. (On occasion, rescuers are detectable because a vessel that IS identified – such as a state ferry – shows up, off course.) Military/Homeland Security aircraft don’t show up on trackers, and their radio transmissions are not monitorable either, so unlike SPD and Guardian One type activity, there was nothing we could have had even any remote hope of picking up via radio. Sorry, we do our best, pulled out everything in our bag of tricks, but sometimes it does take hours to get info. – TR