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Posted: Tuesday, 05 June 2012 1:03PM

Search for missing boater in the lake



Search crews are looking for a man missing in Lake Pontchartrain. 

The Coast Guard says they got the call early this morning "reporting that a 21-year-old male had fallen out of a small fishing boat somewhere near the I-10 Twin Span Bridge near the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain."

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer John Edwards says they have been searching from the water, air and land for the missing man.

"There are also several land an marine units from St. Tammany Parish's sheriff's office," Edwards said.

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