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“We are throwing every asset we have to helping rescue missing passengers,” Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin says in a post on X.

The US Coast Guard is supporting local rescue operations in Louisiana in response to the incident, he says, adding that the Department of Homeland Security is co-ordinating with state officials.

“Our prayers are with all those impacted by this terrible tragedy,” Mullin says.