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Crashing waves and rising waters from Hurricane Ike threw four men into the water near Packery Channel and caused heavy damage to Bob Hall Pier on Friday. One man remained missing and another was in critical condition late Friday. [...] The U.S. Coast Guard called off a search until daylight for missing 19-year-old Michael Moxley [..] Witnesses and police said Moxley and a friend were walking along the jetty when Moxley was swept off by a wave. Corpus Christi residents Billy Long and Andrew Leal attempted to help Moxley's friend rescue him. A large wave crashed into the trio, pulling away Moxley, who was believed to be unconscious, police said. Long and Leal both were injured.

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he U.S. Coast Guard will resume a search at 7 a.m. today for 19-year-old Michael Moxley who was swept off the Packery Channel’s south jetty Friday.

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Coast Guard helicopters searched from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday before they switched crews. Another crew is headed back out to continue searching area waters.

“We’re sending a crew to continue the search because he has been in the water at least 18 hours we will redefine the search area based on wind and drift,” Lt. Armell Balmaceda said. “I can’t speculate whether he’s dead or alive. He’s out there and our mission is to continue our search and rescue efforts.”
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“I’ve seen people survive in the water for hours, but it depends on a lot of things,” Balmaceda said. “We believe this man was unconscious, which makes it a lot worse, and he had no floatation device.”

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The Coast Guard called off its search late Saturday for Michael Moxley, a 19-year-old swept from Packery Channel's south jetty Friday afternoon.[...]"Based on his being unconscious when he went into rough seas without a life preserver and being in the water more than 24 hours, the probability of his survival is very low," Balmaceda said.

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The body of a teen male, suspected by police to be that of 19-year-old Michael Moxley, washed ashore early Sunday near Packery Channel, police officials said.

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