Families of missing boater teens ask public to comb beaches
The families of two teenagers who went missing while fishing off Florida's coast asked the public Monday to help scour the beaches for clues.
On Sunday, the US Coast Guard located the 19-foot (six-meter) white single-engine boat that Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, took out off Jupiter, Florida, on Friday.
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On Sunday, the US Coast Guard located the 19-foot (six-meter) white single-engine boat that Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, took out off Jupiter, Florida, on Friday.
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There was no sign of the teens, who had bought $110 of fuel before casting off.
Rescue crews have covered more than 25,000 square nautical miles (86,000 square kilometers), assisted by helicopters, planes, boats and the destroyer USS Carney.
"Anyone that is located near the beaches from Jupiter Florida up the coast to the beaches of Georgia -- PLEASE GO OUT AND WALK YOUR BEACHES!!" Cohen's mother Pamela Cohen wrote in an Instagram post.
"Look for any sign of our boys Perry and Austin. KEEP THE FAITH."
Perry Cohen's stepfather Nick Korniloff joined the call.
"I need everyone that has a friend who lives near or on the beach anywhere from Palm Beach FL -- Georgia to Facebook them and ask them to walk and comb all the beaches," he wrote on Facebook.
"We are looking to activate a major Beach Comb of the South East -- looking for volunteers to organize in each seaside community NOW!!!"
"We are believers that they will return home to us," he insisted.
Relatives have described the two boys as experienced fishermen.
"They know the waters. They've been through rough water, they've been through thin water," Korniloff told CNN.
"Those are salty dog kids, and they know what they're doing out there
Rescue crews have covered more than 25,000 square nautical miles (86,000 square kilometers), assisted by helicopters, planes, boats and the destroyer USS Carney.
"Anyone that is located near the beaches from Jupiter Florida up the coast to the beaches of Georgia -- PLEASE GO OUT AND WALK YOUR BEACHES!!" Cohen's mother Pamela Cohen wrote in an Instagram post.
"Look for any sign of our boys Perry and Austin. KEEP THE FAITH."
Perry Cohen's stepfather Nick Korniloff joined the call.
"I need everyone that has a friend who lives near or on the beach anywhere from Palm Beach FL -- Georgia to Facebook them and ask them to walk and comb all the beaches," he wrote on Facebook.
"We are looking to activate a major Beach Comb of the South East -- looking for volunteers to organize in each seaside community NOW!!!"
"We are believers that they will return home to us," he insisted.
Relatives have described the two boys as experienced fishermen.
"They know the waters. They've been through rough water, they've been through thin water," Korniloff told CNN.
"Those are salty dog kids, and they know what they're doing out there
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