The Coast Guard is searching for Jackson Ragan, 18, of Aubrey, Ark., after he went missing, Monday, March 10, 2009, off of the towing vessel, Jeffrey G., in the Mississippi River.  The Coast Guard is searching the Mississippi River from mile marker 145 at the Gramercy Bridge to mile marker 110.

(Family photo)

This life preserver was found on the Mississippi River today within the search area for the missing crewmember, Jackson Ragan, 18, of Aubrey, Ark., that went missing off the towing vessel, Jeffery G., Monday, March 10, 2009.

(U.S. Coast Guard)

A Cessna airplane sits on a levee in Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 after the two pilots aboard the plane were forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble and being airlifted by a HH-65C rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

U.S. Coast Guard photo 

 

A Cessna airplane sits on a levee in Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 after the two pilots aboard the plane were forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble and being airlifted by a HH-65C rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

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A crewmember from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans lowers a rescue basket from a HH-65C rescue helicopter, to eight stranded boaters Thursday, July 31, 2008 after the vessel they were aboard became grounded in St. Bernard Parish. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Israel Parker)

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - The Coast Guard, along with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and local EMS locate a helicopter that crashed into Laguna Madre Bay Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2008. The helicopter was a medical transport, carrying two medical personnel and one patient. All three bodies were recovered by mid-day Wednesday. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Merrick.

POINTE A LA HACHE, La. - A natural gas underground pipeline ruptured here Friday morning, in a marsh east of Pointe a la Hache. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer Kevin Garcia

HOUSTON - Coast Guard Lt. James Reid, flying an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Houston, scours the waters near Freeport, Texas, for two missing fishermen Thursday, May 17, 2007. The search began May 16 at 9 p.m., after the pair were reported overdue by a family member.

HOUSTON - Coast Guard Lt. James Reid, flying an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Houston, scours the waters near Freeport, Texas, for two missing fishermen Thursday, May 17, 2007. The search began May 16 at 9 p.m., after the pair were reported overdue by a family member.

HOUSTON - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Barhan, a San Leon, Texas, native, was the rescue swimmer who pulled a 13-year-old boy from the 58 degree waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, March 5, 2007. The boy was part of a four-person fishing group that went missing the morning of March 4. Coast Guard crews located the boy and two other bodies near the capsized boat Monday afternoon.