MIAMI – MARCH 08: A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in the Homeland Security Task Force Southeast mass migration drill March 8, 2007 off the shore of Miami, Florida. Hundreds of response personnel from more than 50 local, county, state and federal agencies participated in the two-day exercise that was simulating a large, sudden change in the migration process in Cuba and the United States’ response. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Bahamian military continued the search for a vessel with at least eight passengers on board that never made it to its destination in Florida.
The 29-foot Mako Cuddy Cabin vessel departed Freeport, Grand Bahama, on Monday with at least 8-10 passengers on board, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force said in a statement Thursday. The vessel was last seen in Bimini on Tuesday and was supposed to arrive in Lake Worth, Florida.
Authorities are conducting aerial and maritime searches along coast lines, ocean waters, cays and reefs.
Anyone with information is also asked to contact the Coast Guard District Seven Command Center at 305-415-6800.
