The search has been suspended after four days
The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for the missing captain of the HMS Bounty 200 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C. Missing is Capt. Robin Walbridge, 63 years old.
“Our thoughts and prayers are withthe Walbridge and Christianfamilies,” said Capt. Doug Cameron, the chief of incident responsefor the Coast Guard 5th District. “Suspending a search and rescue case is one of the hardest decisions we have to make.”
Coast Guard crews searched more than90 hours, coveringapproximately 12,000 overlapping square nautical miles in the Atlantic Ocean since the Bounty’s crew abandoned ship Monday morning.
Source: USCG