A missing kayaker has been found safe, a day after the Coast Guard spotted his overturned kayak in the Albemarle Sound.
Curtis Cooper fell out of his kayak on Monday. Search crews from the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Station found his boat, but not Cooper around 5:30 p.m. The Coast Guard says Cooper unsuccessfully tried to signal one of the helicopters which passed overhead.
The 19-year-old Richmond man then swam to the north side of the sound, walked to a nearby house where he called 911 around 3:20 Tuesday morning.