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Posted: 5:14 AM Sep 6, 2008
Kiteboarder Missing For Hours On NC Coast Makes It Back To Beach
The Coast Guard sent a rescue boat from Fort Macon and helicopter from Elizabeth City out in the storm to look for him.
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A missing kite-surfer that the Coast Guard went to find in Hanna's winds and rains is back on solid ground, safe and sound.
Frank Mueller, age 31, became separated from a companion Friday while kite-surfing between Harkers Island and Cape Lookout. The friend reported Mueller overdue when he did not return by 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Mueller made it back to the beach by himself at approximately 10 p.m. and called 911. Emergency medical services responded and the Coast Guard assets that were searching for him, a rescue boat from Fort Macon and a helicopter from Elizabeth City, returned to base.
The Coast Guard strongly discourages boaters and swimmers from taking to the water as Hanna swirls ashore.
Environmental conditions can change suddenly, and dangerous riptides and heavy seas precede the storm's arrival.
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It's to bad being Stupid is not a crime. Because if it was he might be doing 25 years to life in prison.
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what a moron, they should not have wasted their time for such an idiot
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It's a shame people have to risk their lives for stupid things, stupid people do. Good Job Coast Guard. I hope this guy has to pay back in some way.
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