Re: Search Party for Missing Boater
Update:<br /><br />Forwarded: 1-31-04<br /><br />I received this last night <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Here is the lastest info on the recovery effort. Thanks, <br /><br />Fish<br /><br />_____________<br /><br />10am Gandy Boat Ramp Tampa Side Near Jimmy Macs<br /><br />Boat Owners Needed!<br /><br />Officer Randy Lopez (TPD Marine Unit ) will be dock side with instructions. He is the only official so please follow his instructions. <br />Monitor VHF Channel 68 <br />Northern Sweep - 10:20 sweep the Eastern side of Tampa Bay from Gandy Bridge North toward the Howard Franklin Bridge. Line up along the bridge @ approx. 10:20am - 200' apart. Smaller boats search the shallow water and canals. Larger boats search the open water. As the group approaches the Howard Franklin the larger boats should spread out to the west to continue the open water coverage, circling back to the Gandy. <br />Southern Sweep - After the Northern sweep returns to the Gandy the same format will be used heading South down the Macdill shore toward Gadsden Point then circling back to the Gandy <br />Important - Any meaningful discoveries that you may believe to be associated with the accident need to be treated with the utmost of care. Immediately contact Randy Lopez (TPD) on Channel 68 for instructions.<br />Randy Lopez (TPD) will go into much greater detail for coverage in other areas of the bay so please be early. For those of you without boats please meet at the Gandy ramp so we can pair you up with other boats needing crew. <br /><br />Today @ 1pm First Baptist Church, 1900 Gandy Blvd. There was a Celebration of Life for Chris Parker.
