Two Franklin men and their dog were found alive this morning, June 22, in the Atchafalaya Basin in Lower St. Martin Parish.
Two Franklin men were reported missing last night, June 21, around 10 p.m. Due to weather, search and rescue crews from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office and the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office had to suspend their search until daybreak this morning.
Around 11 a.m. this morning, a Good Samaritan was in his boat when he spotted a man on top of a roof of a camp. The man on top of the roof of the camp then led the Good Samaritan to the other missing man and the dog that were on top of the roof of a sunken vessel.
On their way back in the Good Samaritan and the two rescued men with their dog made contact with search and rescue vessels that were searching for them. The men didn’t need any medical attention and were transported back to the boat launch.
According to the men they were checking on crawfish traps in Bayou Long when their vessel sunk after hitting a stump in the water around 9 a.m. on June 21. One of the men was able to walk to a nearby camp where he waited out the storm on the roof. The other man stayed with the vessel with where they waited out the storm on top of the roof of the sunk vessel.