GL: Man Overboard

[Pete & Peggy Frazier]

Updated info on man overboard..
HOUGHTON  A pleasure trip on the Portage Lake Shipping Canal ended in 
tragedy Thursday night when one of the passengers on the Keweenaw Star 
fell overboard and was killed.
Although the victim went into the water at the front of the boat, McLean 
said if he got caught in the boats wake, he could have quickly been 
carried to the back of the boat to the propeller.
BM1 Dan Delaet of the Coast Guard Station Portage in Dollar Bay said a 
call was received at the station at 8 p.m. The call was for a man 
overboard, Delaet said.
When the crewmembers arrived, Delaet said they found what were thought 
to be human remains. They were brought onto the Coast Guard boats and 
placed in bio-bags then taken to Portage Health where they were 
identified as that of the victim, said Caren Damon, a public information 
officer at the Coast Guards Sault Ste. Marie sector.
Crewmembers were on the scene searching until 2 a.m. today, Delaet said.
The search for more remains resumed this morning at about 8 a.m.