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Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing teens
(VIDEO) Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor, Coast Guard 7th District chief of response, holds a press conference at Coast Guard Air Station Miami, July 31, 2015. Search efforts for two missing teenage boys was suspended after searching approximately 49,000 square nautical miles. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney. MIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the two missing boys who departed on a fishing trip July 24, 2015. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14 years old, reportedly left their Jupiter, Florida, home aboard a 19-foot white single engine center console boat eight days ago. “As we come to the difficult decision to suspend this search, our deepest condolences go to the families and all affected,” said Capt. Mark Fedor, Coast Guard 7th District chief of response. “Hundreds of people searched thousands of miles with hope of bringing these boys home to their loved ones.” At approximately 5 p.m., July 24, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Miami command center received the report that Cohen and Stephanos had not returned from a fishing trip as expected. The teens were last seen at approximately 1:30 p.m., after purchasing $110 worth of fuel. A Coast Guard C-130 aircrew located their capsized vessel 67 nautical miles east of Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida, at approximately 11 a.m., Sunday. An Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew was dispatched, lowered a rescue swimmer to the boat, and confirmed the vessel belonged to Cohen and Stephanos. Coast Guard search crews conducted 66 search patterns covering 49,624 square nautical miles. The search area stretched from the vicinity of Jupiter, Florida, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The following Search-and-rescue crews assisted with the search:
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