Energy executive, 48, vanishes while paddleboarding off Florida beach as coast guard launch desperate search

Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-16 · by Ananya Swaroop
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Summary

Matt Pawlowski, a 48-year-old energy executive, vanished while paddleboarding off Jupiter Beach in Florida early Monday morning. His yellow and lime green paddleboard was found approximately ten miles offshore by a good Samaritan and turned over to the local police. The US Coast Guard has launched a search involving air and surface crews around Pawlowski’s last-known location, with his family reporting him missing when he failed to return home from his trip.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-16, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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claim-shaped sentences
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0 of 9 hedged
Leaning
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Correction & hedging signals
58.4
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Outlets on this story
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Other
Narrative spread
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Story summary

Matt Pawlowski, a 48-year-old energy executive and Vice President – Head of Execution at NextEra Energy Transmission, went missing while paddleboarding off the coast of Florida. He was last seen around 9 a.m. on Monday, June 26th near Jupiter Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search effort involving air and surface crews based on Pawlowski's last-known location and potential drift patterns.

A good Samaritan later found Pawlowski’s paddleboard, which was described as yellow and lime green, about 10 miles offshore from Jupiter Island. The board was turned over to the local police department. According to the Coast Guard, Pawlowski was wearing a white hat, orange shirt, and gray shorts during his trip.

His family reported him missing when he did not return home after the paddleboarding excursion. Despite extensive efforts by authorities, Pawlowski has yet to be found.

Written for “Missing Energy Exec Search” on 2026-09-17, grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Missing Energy Exec Search
Other · 2 article(s) covering the same event. This is the one the site leads with.

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Desperate search underway for missing energy exec Matt Pawlowski who vanished paddleboarding in Florida same event · 95%
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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 33% hedged 2 of 6 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the disappearance of Matt Pawlowski, an energy executive, while paddleboarding near Jupiter Beach in Florida on the same day.”

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Who wrote this

Ananya Swaroop
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Topics

Daily Mail Florida Samaritan The US Coast Guard the Coast Guard

Subjects

Pawlowski PERSON · 3× Matt Pawlowski PERSON · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Florida GPE · 1× Samaritan NORP · 1× The US Coast Guard ORG · 1× the Coast Guard ORG · 1×

Narrative

'A good Samaritan located a paddleboard matching the description used by the missing paddleboarder approximately 10 miles offshore Jupiter Island.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-16
2026-09-16 · Daily Mail
Energy executive, 48, vanishes while paddleboarding off Florida beach as coast guard launch desperate search · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 0 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source An energy executive has vanished off the coast of Florida. asserted
executive → see → Florida
Matt Pawlowski, 48, was last seen paddleboarding near Jupiter Beach at around 9am on Monday. asserted
Pawlowski → see → Monday
The US Coast Guard shared an alert after he disappeared saying that his yellow and lime green paddleboard had been found. asserted
paddleboard → share → alert
'A good Samaritan located a paddleboard matching the description used by the missing paddleboarder approximately 10 miles offshore Jupiter Island. asserted
Samaritan → locate → Island
The paddleboard was returned to the local police department,' a statement read. asserted
statement → return → department
The team has deployed air and surface crews around areas close to Pawlowski’s last-known position. asserted
team → deploy → position
Pawlowski was last seen wearing a white hat, orange shirt and gray shorts, the Coast Guard said. asserted
Guard → see → hat
Pawlowski's panicked family reported him missing after he didn't return home from his paddleboarding trip. asserted
he → report → trip
Matt Pawlowski, 48, was last seen paddleboarding near Jupiter Beach at around 9am on Monday asserted
Pawlowski → see → Monday
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