FLORIDA — Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews continue the search for two boys reported overdue after not returning from their fishing trip in the vicinity of Jupiter, Florida, Saturday.
The US Coast Guard has located and confirmed a capsized boat found 67nm off ponce inlet ,Fl, is the boat the two teens were last seen on.
Austin Stephanos, 14, and Perry Cohen, 14, are missing. The pair was last seen in the Jupiter area.
At approximately 5 p.m. Friday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received the report that both boys were aboard a 19-foot white single engine center console vessel. They were last seen at approximately 1:30 p.m after purchasing $110 worth of fuel.
National Football League Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, who is a neighbor of the boys, offered a $100,000 reward to qualified searchers for the boys’ safe return.
MORE: Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews continue the search for two boys reported overdue after not returning from their fishing trip in the vicinity of Jupiter, Florida, Saturday.
Austin Stephanos, 14, and Perry Cohen, 14, are missing. The pair was last seen in the Jupiter area.
At approximately 5 p.m. Friday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received the report that both boys were aboard a 19-foot white single engine center console vessel. They were last seen at approximately 1:30 p.m after purchasing $110 worth of fuel.
The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched an HC-144 “Ocean Sentry” airplane and an MH-65 “Dolphin” helicopter out of Air Station Miami along with boatcrews from Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet and Station Fort Pierce. The Coast Guard Cutters Margaret Norvell and the Paul Clark are also searching with the assistance of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. A Coast Guard HC-130 from Air Station Clearwater is also assisting with the search.
The Coast Guard intends to search throughout the day for the missing teens. Rescue crews have covered more than 5,300 square nautical miles and are currently searching off the coast of Melbourne, Florida.
An MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, locates a capsized boat and searches for two missing 14-year-old boys 67 nautical miles east of Ponce Inlet, Florida, Sunday, July 26, 2015. The missing teens were last seen in Jupiter, Florida, Friday, July 24 purchasing fuel for their boat. U.S. Coast Guard video.
