PORT FOURCHON, La. – Racing against time in the search for 12 people missing since their ship capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard divers hoped a break in stormy weather Thursday would give them an opportunity to reach the overturned platform vessel.
The Seacor Power flipped over in hurricane-force winds and high seas on Tuesday, miles south of the Louisiana coast. Six people were rescued alive and one person's body was recovered from the water as searchers scanned an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. “Today, weather permitting, we anticipate divers making it to the vessel," U.S.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class John Michelli said early Thursday. Asked shortly after dawn whether divers would then be able to get