Coast Guard suspends search for missing man
WILMINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 54-year-old man who fell overboard off the North Carolina coast.
The Coast Guard said Friday that its crews searched 3,210 square nautical miles for Bobby Barbers of Englehard, a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Gallant Fox. Barbers was reported missing on Thursday, 30 miles east of Oregon Inlet.
According to a statement, the search is suspended pending further developments.
Officials said Barbers had been wearing a black T-shirt, denim shorts, and no life jacket.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cochito of Norfolk, Va., joined an airplane and a helicopter in the search.
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