MyungKi Kim

The Coast Guard received a call from Sussex County Police Department at 1:29 p.m. reporting a witness contacted them and said Kim slipped on the rock of the jetty and a wave knocked him into the water. Location was at Indian River Inlet, which is 4 miles north of the Bethany Beach Town limits, south side of the jetty It was also reported Kim was wearing a blue raincoat and wader boots. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Indian River, a rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., members of Sussex County Police Department, Sussex County Fire and Rescue and TowBoat US are currently searching for Kim. From the Cape Gazette at Cape Gazette.com Tue, Oct 27, 2009: Man slips off inlet jetty; presumed dead Search-and-rescue teams suspend mission By Kevin Spence A 54-year-old man who slipped off a jetty and plunged into the water near Indian River Inlet remains missing, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A multi-agency search-and-rescue mission that began Sunday, Oct. 25, has been suspended. "We review a variety of factors in each search-and-rescue case. When we determine there is no reasonable chance to find someone alive, we have to suspend the search

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