Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Coast Guard Identifies Victims of Weekend Boating Disaster

In a statement given to reporters Tuesday, the Coast Guard identified the men as 27-year-old Kris Beall and 72-year-old Robert Delaney.

Beall was from Pineville, Louisiana, and Delaney was from Madison, Mississippi.

A heavy storm tore through the bay Saturday, turning an annual sailboat race into a disaster.

Authorities also looking for an additional four missing boaters, but their efforts have been hampered by bad weather.
Sailboats Capsize Sailors Missing
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bad-weather-hampers-search-missing-boaters-alabama-30636115
Search efforts continue for four people missing after a deadly weekend storm Monday, April 27, 2015, in Dauphin Island, Ala. As torrential rain and heavy winds battered Alabama's coast Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search after a storm killed two people and played havoc with a yearly sailboat race in Mobile Bay.

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