Sunday, May 10, 2015

Coast Guard searching for missing man off Kemah, Texas


LOS ANGELES - A MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Los Angeles conducts flight training just off the coast of San Pedro, Calif., March 18, 2012. Coast Guard aircrew members must constantly train together to keep their life saving skills sharp for the next mayday call. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers
USCG MH-65C file photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers


HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Kemah Fire Department and good Samaritans are searching for a missing man about 3 miles off Kemah Saturday.

Missing is 29-year-old Phillip Davis, a 5-foot 9-inch black man wearing orange swim trunks.

The Coast Guard requests good Samaritans help search the area off Kemah in the water and along the shoreline on the Seabrook side toward Red Bluff Point. The winds are 20 knots from the south-southeast with 2-4 foot waves.

People aboard the sailboat Sea Dreams called Coast Guard watchstanders at 3:22 p.m. to report the missing man. It was reported that he jumped in for a swim and others aboard immediately contacted the Coast Guard as the sailboat drifted and they lost sight of him.

If anyone has any information or sights Mr. Davis, please contact the U.S. Coast Guard at 281-464-4855.