UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing woman from cruise ship

DATE: June 17, 2009 8:18:03 AM CDT

Office of External Affairs U.S. Coast Guard

News Release	Date: June 17, 2009 Contact: Petty Officer Casey J. Ranel (504) 671-2020
UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing woman from cruise ship
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard continues its search for a 50-year-old woman who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship approximately 75 miles south southwest of Pensacola, Fla., late Monday. Missing is Michelle Vilborg, 50, of Bay Minette, Ala. At approximately 11:00 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2009, Coast Guard units heard an emergency person-in-the-water broadcast on VHF channel 16 and upon confirmation with the Carnival cruise ship Holiday immediately launched rescue crews. Coast Guard crews have searched approximately 3,215 square miles since Monday, an area larger than Delaware. Assets currently searching: Coast Guard Cutter Cobia, homeported in Mobile, Ala. A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry rescue plane from Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) was also issued to mariners as a caution in the area. ### *Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790.* *The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future.*