{"id":23479,"date":"2020-03-13T21:43:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T21:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/13\/coasties-help-save-two-lost-divers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:01:30","slug":"coasties-help-save-two-lost-divers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/13\/coasties-help-save-two-lost-divers\/","title":{"rendered":"Coasties help save two lost divers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/20\/commandant-coast-guards-it-nears-catastrophic-failure\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Coast Guard<\/a> helped rescue two overdue divers in South Carolina\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Royal_Sound\" target=_blank>Port Royal Sound<\/a> early Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil\/Our-Organization\/District-7\/Units\/Sector-Charleston\/Sector-Units\/Sector-Charleston-Stations\/\" target=_blank>Coast Guard Sector Charleston<\/a> received a request for assistance at about 12:20 a.m. Friday from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcso.net\/\" target=_blank>Beaufort County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> to find the divers, according to a service release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One man, Allen Devier, 49, had not returned from his dive by 9 p.m. and his wife contacted authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheriff\u2019s office conducted \u201ca cell phone exigent request\u201d and provided the Coast Guard positional information for the divers about 2 miles east of Hilton Head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watchstanders scrambled a Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcms.uscg.mil\/Our-Organization\/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9\/Programs\/Air-Programs\/SRR-MH-65\/\" target=_blank>MH-65 Dolphin<\/a> rescue helicopter crew. They found an empty center console boat, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/20\/commandant-coast-guards-it-nears-catastrophic-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stte-of-CG.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Commandant:  Coast Guard\u2019s IT nears \u2018catastrophic failure\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Adm. 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Cmdr. Christie, an assistant search and rescue mission coordinator for Sector Charleston, in a prepared statement emailed to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FL75.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FL75.jpg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FL75.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FL75.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Thursday, the Coast Guard suspended the search for missing mariner Jim Slauson, 73, from St. Petersburg.  He had been participating in the Water Tribe Everglades Challenge.  (Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Friday, Coast Guard officials announced they had suspended its search for Jim Slauson, 73, a Florida man who disappeared this week during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailmagazine.com\/racing\/everglades-challenge-an-insane-small-boat-race-down-florida\" target=_blank>WaterTribe Everglades Challenge<\/a>, a guided-path small boat race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His son reported him missing Monday and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southerncultures.org\/article\/lessons-of-core-sound-workboats\/\" target=_blank>Core Sound<\/a> vessel was found that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Guard officials searched nearly 10,000 square nautical miles for the missing mariner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuspending a search and rescue case is one of the toughest parts of the job,\u201d said Capt. 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