Second body recovered in search for lift boat crew; divers now at vessel

The Coast Guard recovered one unresponsive person in the water Thursday near the capsized Seacor Power lift boat 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, according to the Coast Guard's New Orleans station.

A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted one person in the water at 7:10 p.m. while searching the area.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Daily, also in the area searching, recovered the unresponsive person and transported him to Coast Guard Station Grand Isle where a coroner pronounced the man deceased.

Out of respect for the privacy of the family members involved, the Coast Guard is not releasing the name of the man recovered Thursday night or the others mariners involved in the incident.

Divers returned to the scene at 7:50 a.m. Friday to conduct an assessment and began dive operations. Divers had to resurface mid morning due to dangerous weather conditions, but resumed diving again around 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Rescue assets involved in the search so far:

the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris crew
Coast Guard Cutter Amberjack crew
Coast Guard Cutter Moray crew
Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Dailey
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot RB-M boatcrews
Coast Guard Air Station Corpus ChristiHC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crews
Two Coast Guard Aviation Training Center MobileHC-144 Ocean Sentry airplanes crews
Two Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules airplane crews
Two Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries crews
Port Fourchon Harbor Patrol
Port Fourchon Sherriff's Department
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office
One commercial air medical service crew