Crime & Safety
Maine Kayaker Missing: Coast Guard
The Coast Guard launched a search Wednesday after a kayaker said he fell into the water off the coast of Maine near Milbridge.
MILBRIDGE, ME — The Coast Guard on Wednesday launched a search for a missing kayaker of the coast of Maine. The kayaker sent out a mayday call at about 10:15 a.m. and said he fell out of his kayak near Bois Bubert Island in Milbridge. Coast Guard boats and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene.
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"Mayday, mayday," the man said in his distress call. "I fell off the kayak."
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The search area is about 275 square miles, the Coast Guard said.
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