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THE Coast Guard says search efforts are ongoing for missing sailor Kieron Simon who was trapped inside of a sinking vessel on February 20.

A press release from the Coast Guard on February 21 said the incident happened during a boarding operation on “a vessel of interest.”

“The vessel was intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol boat and three foreign nationals were removed and taken aboard the patrol boat for safekeeping, as the vessel of interest had begun taking on water.