Coast Guard Search for Man Who Disappeared While Fishing in Florida

Photo: USCGSouthwest/TwitterThe U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing off the coast of Florida on Monday.Brian McAuley was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. local time Monday, according toThe Miami Herald.McAuley, 43, reportedly fell from the yellow kayak he had taken out near Geiger Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys, according to atweetfrom the Coast Guard Southeast on Monday.The man was last seen in a gray t-shirt and a pair of blue shorts with a black stripe, the Coast Guard said, adding that McAuley is 5 feet, 11 inches tall.The maritime law enforcement branch also circulated a photo of McAuley to help the public identify the missing man. Petty Officer Nicole Groll told theHeraldthat McAuley had sent the selfie with the small shark to someone before he disappeared.“He sent it to his significant other earlier that day,” Groll, a Coast Guard spokeswoman, said. “He was fishing apparently.“In an update to Twitter posted Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard said that the search for McAuley is still on.A spokesperson for the Coast Guard did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Anyone with information about McAuley’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Key West Coast Guard at 305-292-8727.

Photo: USCGSouthwest/Twitter

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing off the coast of Florida on Monday.Brian McAuley was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. local time Monday, according toThe Miami Herald.McAuley, 43, reportedly fell from the yellow kayak he had taken out near Geiger Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys, according to atweetfrom the Coast Guard Southeast on Monday.The man was last seen in a gray t-shirt and a pair of blue shorts with a black stripe, the Coast Guard said, adding that McAuley is 5 feet, 11 inches tall.The maritime law enforcement branch also circulated a photo of McAuley to help the public identify the missing man. Petty Officer Nicole Groll told theHeraldthat McAuley had sent the selfie with the small shark to someone before he disappeared.“He sent it to his significant other earlier that day,” Groll, a Coast Guard spokeswoman, said. “He was fishing apparently.“In an update to Twitter posted Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard said that the search for McAuley is still on.A spokesperson for the Coast Guard did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Anyone with information about McAuley’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Key West Coast Guard at 305-292-8727.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing off the coast of Florida on Monday.

Brian McAuley was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. local time Monday, according toThe Miami Herald.

McAuley, 43, reportedly fell from the yellow kayak he had taken out near Geiger Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys, according to atweetfrom the Coast Guard Southeast on Monday.

The man was last seen in a gray t-shirt and a pair of blue shorts with a black stripe, the Coast Guard said, adding that McAuley is 5 feet, 11 inches tall.

The maritime law enforcement branch also circulated a photo of McAuley to help the public identify the missing man. Petty Officer Nicole Groll told theHeraldthat McAuley had sent the selfie with the small shark to someone before he disappeared.

“He sent it to his significant other earlier that day,” Groll, a Coast Guard spokeswoman, said. “He was fishing apparently.”

In an update to Twitter posted Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard said that the search for McAuley is still on.

A spokesperson for the Coast Guard did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Anyone with information about McAuley’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Key West Coast Guard at 305-292-8727.

source: people.com