UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near Barnegat Bay, NJ

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. &shy&ampmdash The Coast Guard suspended its lookup at eight:thirty p.m. Sunday for a missing gentleman close to Barnegat Bay, N.J.

Lacking is Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Holmes, 25. Holmes is an lively duty member of the Coast Guard stationed at Air Station Atlantic City as a machinery technician.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay obtained a get in touch with from a excellent Samaritan at 6 p.m. Saturday, reporting that a 23-foot satisfaction craft had struck a wave and two of the occupants were thrown into the water.

1 of the guys was immediately pulled from the drinking water, although the other did not resurface.

Reaction boat crews from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, New Jersey State Police, Ocean County Sheriff&amprsquos Division, SeaTow and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic Town searched for Holmes.

The Coast Guard searched a total of 78 square nautical miles for around 26 hrs for Holmes.

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