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St. Joseph man’s father lost at sea again

File Photo US Coast Guard Rescue in December
File Photo US Coast Guard Rescue in December

HONOLULU (AP) — The Coast Guard said over the weekend that it’s continuing to look for a Hawaii fisherman with ties to St. Joseph who went missing just a few months after surviving 12 days at sea.

A patrol boat based in Hilo, a medium response boat from Maui and a helicopter crew from Oahu were searching for Ron Ingraham on Saturday.

As we previously reported, Ingraham’s son Zakary Ingraham is a St. Joseph resident.

The Coast Guard rescued Ingraham’s shipmate Kenny Corder a few hours after receiving a mayday call from their vessel early Friday.

According to Hawaii News Now, Corder says Ingraham wasn’t wearing a life jacket when their boat capsized about 1 mile west of Lanai.

Corder told Hawaii News Now he is worried that Ingram didn’t survive this time, “I was yelling and screaming for him for a couple of hours. He didn’t make a peep, he should have said something.”

The station reports that the Coast Guard told Ingram’s son that they would search for about three days, weather permitting.

Ingraham was rescued in December after putting out a mayday call on Thanksgiving saying he was in danger of sinking. He had been trying to sail from Molokai island, where he lives, to Lanai island, where he often goes fishing.

(AP with outside contributions)

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