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[h=4]Hope fades for 5 lost at sea after storm blasts Alabama regatta[/h]Coast Guard rescue teams were racing the clock Monday in the search for at least five people missing in Alabama's Mobile Bay since a storm late Saturday ripped through a sailboat regatta. At least two people
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he Coast Guard is searching for more victims or survivors, after a storm capsized several boats during a weekend sailing competition near Mobile, Alabama. As of Sunday, at least two people were known dead and five were missing. (April 27) AP
A capsized catamaran drifts in the water off Dauphin Island, Ala., on April 26.(Photo: Sharon Steinmann, AP)
Coast Guard rescue teams were racing the clock Monday in the search for at least five people missing in Alabama's Mobile Bay since a storm late Saturday tore through a sailboat regatta.
At least two people were killed. More than 40 people have been pulled from the bay by rescuers and "good Samaritans," the Coast Guard said.
Rescuers have searched thousands of square miles since a line of thunderstorms roared through the area with wind gusts of up to 70 mph. Several boats, planes and helicopters aided the search.
Families of the missing huddled at the Coast Guard station, waiting for word. Initially, there was optimism as dozens of sailors were plucked from the rugged seas.
Randy Rutledge and Rhonda Morgan Gilreath of Rome Ga., told al.com they were 15 minutes from the island, about to complete the race, when the weather turned. A wall of waves quickly sank their 23.5-foot boat and the 22-foot boat of friends they were sailing with.
"It was just unbelievable how high the waves were," Rhonda Gilreath said. "They were just bashing you from every side."
The couple struggled in the water for two hours, convincing each other not to give up, before help arrived.
"We knew we were totally lost at sea," she said.
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