Coast Guard Searching For Missing Boaters - Mobile Ala. - WKRG.com

Coast Guard Searching For Missing Boaters - Mobile Ala. - WKRG.com: "MOBILE, Ala. - The Coast Guard is searching the area between Mobile Bay and the Chandeleur Islands for two men who became lost while towing a sailing vessel to Ocean Springs, Miss., Thursday.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received the initial call at approximately 8 a.m., Thursday, from the wife of one of the two lost men, stating that her husband and his friend had become turned around in the dark while towing a 43-foot sailing vessel and had accidently headed out to the open Gulf. Shortly thereafter, their 17-foot bass boat sank, causing them to regroup on the disabled sailing vessel they were towing."