A rescue boat from the Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard station was sent to recover the body and search for others. Haasch then got into his own boat and joined a Coast Guard helicopter from Traverse City, Mich., officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and another civilian boat on the rescue mission. Within an hour, another two bodies were discovered floating in the water wearing life jackets, McCarthy said. Haasch said he was driving the boat that discovered the second man floating unconscious about a mile north of where the boat capsized. The rescuers pulled him aboard and covered him with blankets while administering CPR, he said.
Nobody wants to see that.
All of the victims were pronounced dead on arrival at Door County Memorial Hospital, McCarthy said. A second Coast Guard boat out of Two Rivers joined the search for King on Monday. At dawn Tuesday, a new Coast Guard crew in the rescue boat and a different Coast Guard helicopter out of Waukegan, Ill., were sent out, McCarthy said. But after nearly 14 hours, the search was suspended because Coast Guard boats could not handle the rough waters, McCarthy said. Officials are unsure what caused the boat to turn over and when it happened.