Coast Guard suspends search for 2 people in Westport area

Published 12:01 am Saturday, September 12, 2015

By The Associated Press

WESTPORT —

The Coast Guard has suspended a search for two people who were reportedly aboard a 20-foot Boston Whaler that apparently capsized in the surf zone of the North Jetty in the Port of Grays Harbor

Officials said the search was suspended at about 7:15 p.m. Friday after a 24-hour helicopter and boat search covering 555 square miles yielded nothing.

They were looking for 69-year-old Thomas Miller of Olympia, Washington, and 41-year-old Tina Pittman.

The Coast Guard received a report at about 7 p.m. Thursday from a person who found debris from a boat on the beach. Officials said the capsized boat, life jackets and other items washed ashore during the night.

A truck with an empty boat trailer owned by Miller was also found parked at the Westport boat launch.