Coast Guard Searches Narragansett Bay for Three Missing Students
The Coast Guard is searching Narragansett Bay for three young adults, at least two of them college students on spring break. They are believed to have disappeared in a row boat according to reports. So far the search has turned up a rowboat, an oar, ball cap and sandal. No one as of yet has been found.
A security guard at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus heard people talking off shore about 2:30 a.m. but didn’t see anyone through the fog, URI President Robert Carothers said Monday.
About 30 minutes later, the guard heard what he thought was a moan from the same area and called the Coast Guard, Carothers said.
The search turned up a row boat just off the pier where the university docks its research vessel, Carothers said. Coast Guard officials said searchers also found an oar, ball cap and sandal.
“We’re all hoping that whoever is involved in this is on the shore,” Carothers said.
Because the university is closed for spring break, it’s difficult to track down students, he said.
(BREITBART)