The Coast Guard is asking for help to find a missing kayaker
The U.S. Coast Guard and police on Friday evening were searching for a 38-year-old man who went missing on a kayak near Stock Island on Thursday night.
Licheng Fang, of Santa Clara County in California, was last seen between 7 and 8 p.m. Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
He was wearing a white T-shirt and gray shorts and on a 12-foot blue and white, double-seated Perception Tribe kayak near the Stock Island Yacht Club and Marina, said Adam Linhardt, spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Fang is 5-feet, 8-inches tall and has a medium build.
He does not have his cellphone with him, Linhardt said.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Coast Guard at 305-292-8727 or call 911.
The sheriff’s office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission crews and U.S. Coast Guard boats launched Friday morning.
This story was originally published December 18, 2020 at 4:25 PM.
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