Mokpo Coast Guard, Full Effort in Search for Missing Octogenarian at Sea

An Octogenarian Going Clam Fishing off Yeonggwang Coast... Joint Search by Related Agencies

An elderly man in his 80s went missing while clam digging at sea, and the Coast Guard has been conducting search operations continuously.

The Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) received a report on the 24th at around 7:50 PM that Mr. A (in his 80s) had gone clam digging near the mudflats by Hanmaeum Park in Heungnong-eup, Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do, but had not returned.

Mokpo Coast Guard is searching for an elderly man in his 80s who has gone missing.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

The Coast Guard dispatched the local police station rescue team, patrol vessels, and the West Sea Marine Special Rescue Unit to the scene, requested search cooperation from private marine rescue boats and fishing village associations, and is making every effort in the search operation through information sharing with related agencies such as Yeonggwang Police Station and 119 Fire Department.

According to the Coast Guard, the missing person Mr. A went clam digging at the mudflats next to Hanmaeum Park in Heungnong-eup, Yeonggwang, at around 10 AM on the 24th and has been out of contact since then.

Meanwhile, Kim Hae-cheol, Chief of the Mokpo Coast Guard Station, visited the search site on the morning of the 25th to assess the current search situation and offered condolences to the missing person’s family, stating, “We will do our utmost in the search by mobilizing all available forces with the mindset of finding a family member.”

The Coast Guard plans to thoroughly conduct responsible searches in designated search areas according to the search plan, promote reporting if the missing person is found among incoming and outgoing vessels, and continue search operations at sea and along the coastline.

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