About the U.S. Coast Guard search off West Seattle

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Several readers have asked about a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and boat appearing to have been searching off West Seattle’s west-facing shore in the past few hours. We just checked with USCG Public Affairs. They explain they were called in because of an unoccupied “dinghy” – they found it and via a cell phone in it, traced its owner to Manchester (near the Southworth ferry dock). The owner said that the dinghy had gotten loose; it’s since been returned to its owner.

Skeptic September 2, 2021 (2:56 pm)

There are not too many places in this world where a helicopter and a boat are dispatched to search for a possible missing person when an empty dinghy is found adrift. I am very thankful for the USCG and fortunate to be boater in Puget Sound.