CHARLESTON, S.C., May 19 (UPI) -- The captain of a charter fishing boat that overturned off the South Carolina cost was missing Friday but his crewmen were recovering.
The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier reported the search for the captain had been suspended Thursday at sunset. Earlier, six people were plucked from the ocean.
Missing was Robert Clarke, 75, of Murrells Inlet, who captained the 27-foot Super Suds II catamaran. He and his crew left Quay Marina in Garden City Wednesday on a deep-sea fishing excursion, which was disrupted when a wave over the starboard bow caused the vessel to roll, dumping all aboard into the sea.
One of those rescued told the Coast Guard Clarke suffered a heart attack and lost consciousness, the newspaper said.
