| State homeland security and U.S. Coast Guard officials were searching the waterfront Friday for two Turkish men who jumped off a ship docked in New Haven harbor. "We are looking at it as a security incident," Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Alan Blume said. Two crew members were discovered missing early Friday morning from a Turkish ship bringing steel into the harbor, Blume said. They apparently made off with two life vests, which were discovered on shore Tuesday, he said. Blume said Coast Guard officials were searching the ship Friday afternoon. The vessel was legally in the harbor and had filed all appropriate paperwork, he said. New Haven police Sgt. Ariel Melendez said city police are on the lookout for the men. Trooper One, the state's helicopter, was also called to assist the search. Connecticut Homeland Security Director John Buturla, who was briefing state lawmakers on the state's security situation when the search began, said he was receiving regularly updates from officers at the scene. |