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The US Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing Connecticut man after he vanished while free-diving to a shipwreck in the Bahamas.
American and Bahamian officials called off their search for former East Hartford police officer Ryan Proulx Sunday, two days after he failed to surface from an excursion 1.5 miles offshore, the US Coast Guard said.
Officials spent 6.5 hours scouring more than 673 square miles of open water.
“The decision to suspend the active search efforts pending further development is one we never take lightly, “said Lt. Cmdr. Matt Spado in a statement.
Proulx was last seen at 4 p.m. Friday free diving around the Bimini Barge Wreck, roughly 130 miles from where Louisana high school graduate Cameron Robbins disappeared after jumping from a sunset cruise.
The Bimini Barge Wreck is characterized by a local charter company as a popular deep-water spot with “an abundance of marine life, although there can be a very strong current at times.
