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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Coast Guard: Search continues for other boat mishap survivors

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435 days ago
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A map showing the northwestern tip of Trinidad and the northeastern tip of Venezuela. The boat mishap is believed to have taken place in the waters between the two countries in this general area. [Image courtesy Google Maps]

A map showing the northwestern tip of Trinidad and the northeastern tip of Venezuela. The boat mishap is believed to have taken place in the waters between the two countries in this general area. [Image courtesy Google Maps]

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard (TTCG) has con­firmed that search and res­cue op­er­a­tions are on­go­ing for oth­er pos­si­ble sur­vivors of a boat mishap off the First Bo­ca of Trinidad, in the ear­ly hours of to­day, Fri­day, De­cem­ber 15.

Ac­cord­ing to an of­fi­cial state­ment from the TTCG, those in­volved in the mishap may be Venezue­lan Na­tion­als.

“A ves­sel car­ry­ing a num­ber of Venezue­lan Na­tion­als sank off the First Bo­ca of Trinidad. Un­con­firmed re­ports fur­ther sug­gest that the ves­sel left Las Cuevas Bay some­time af­ter mid­night on the morn­ing of De­cem­ber 15, 2023 en­route to Venezuela with a still to be con­firmed num­ber of per­sons on­board.”

One man was res­cued by the pas­sen­gers and crew of the Buc­coo Reef fast fer­ry at about 8:30 this morn­ing, af­ter pas­sen­gers saw him strug­gling to stay afloat in chop­py wa­ters.

[See: “Man res­cued in chop­py wa­ters by Buc­coo Reef crew” https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/man-res­cued-in-chop­py-wa­ters-by-buc­coo-reef-crew-6.2.1877966.d221b48919]

The state­ment from the Coast Guard com­mends those in­volved in the res­cue, and con­firms the search con­tin­ues for oth­er sur­vivors.

“The Coast Guard would like to ac­knowl­edge the ef­forts of the Trinidad and To­ba­go In­ter-Is­land fer­ry, Buc­coo Reef, lo­cal fish­er­men, and oth­er ves­sels who al­so as­sist­ed in res­cue op­er­a­tions. The Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard’s Mar­itime Op­er­a­tions Com­mand Cen­ter is ac­tive­ly en­gaged in search and res­cue op­er­a­tions in the area to con­firm the in­for­ma­tion re­ceived and to lo­cate sur­vivors. Our pri­ma­ry con­cern is the safe­ty and well-be­ing of all in­volved.”


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