Fisherman overboard - no lifejacket on

Captains,

Lifejackets save lives. Make sure your crew wears a lifejacket on deck.

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Jan 30, 2010

The Coast Guard suspended its search 6:30 p.m. Friday for a fisherman who reportedly fell overboard approximately 66 miles southeast of Beaufort Inlet.

Missing is Allen Nelson III, 52, a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Scarlett Lady.

Crewmembers of the fishing vessel Shelly called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina at 6:45 p.m. Thursday relaying that crew on the Scarlet Lady had witnessed the man, wearing yellow rain gear and no life jacket, falling overboard. The crew also reported they threw a life ring to him, but did not know whether he was able to get the ring.

Search and rescue air crews aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Air Station Elizabeth City searched Thursday night through Friday night for the man.

The crew of the Shelly, the Scarlett Lady, and the Coast Guard Cutter Seahorse and Staten Island, both 87-foot patrol boats, also participated in search efforts.

The rescue crews searched a total of 1,395 square nautical miles combined for Nelson.

Keep the crew inside the lifelines

Captains

Majesty of Seas crewman, Robert Mado is a lucky man, but why did he go overboard? The investigation pends. Hope he is OK after treading water for over two hours.

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MIAMI -- The Coast Guard rescued a cruise ship crewmember who went overboard Friday morning.

A smallboat crew from Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., located 31-year-old Robert Mado treading water around 6:15 a.m., roughly five miles off the Fowey Rocks near Biscayne Bay, Miami. Mado was transferred to Fireboat One from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Mado went overboard from the Royal Caribbean, Majesty of the Seas, early Friday morning. The Majesty of the Seas crew broadcast a distress call around 4:30 a.m.

Also assisting in the search was:

* An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami
* A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat crew