Media Availability for Search and Rescue efforts off of Florida

DATE: March 1, 2009 6:04:43 PM PST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

		Eleventh Coast Guard District
MEDIA AVAILABILITY	DATE: CONTACT:	March 1, 2009 Public Affairs (510) 772-8865
COAST GUARD AIR STATION SAN FRANCISCO SEARCH AND RESCUE EXPERT TO PROVIDE SUMMARY OF SEARCH IN GULF OF MEXICO FOR MISSING OAKLAND RAIDERS PLAYER AND OTHERS, AND EXPLAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE PROCEDURES
WHO: Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Sacchetti, Coast Guard helicopter pilot, Air Station San Francisco. WHAT: Recap of Coast Guard search for four missing persons, including an Oakland Raiders football player, and to discuss how search and rescue operations of this type are organized and conducted. WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2009. WHERE: Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, located at SFO - 1020 North Access Road. Media interested in attending should call Petty Officer Levi Read at (510) 772-8865 NOTE: DUE TO HIGH LOCAL INTEREST IN THE CASE, THIS AVAILABILITY IS BEING PROVIDED TO GIVE BAY AREA MEDIA A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SEARCH AND TO EXPLAIN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE PROCESS. THIS SEARCH IS BEING COORDINATED BY U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR ST. PETERSBURG, FL. FURTHER UPDATES ON THE OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE FROM WWW.D7PUBLICAFFAIRS.COM AND 305-965-4672 ###