MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to hold press briefing regarding 2 missing 14-year-old bo

[The Patriot]

EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP with Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss from Coast Guard 7th District Public Affairs at 305-542-8127. Doss is located in Jupiter, Florida. Media must arrive no later than 4:30 p.m.

MIAMI — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press briefing in Jupiter, Florida, regarding the two missing 14-year-old boys, Monday.

WHO: Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor, chief of response for the Coast Guard 7th District in Miami.

WHAT: Press briefing to inform the public about search efforts in response to the two missing 14-year-old boys from Jupiter, Florida.

WHEN: Monday at 5 p.m.

WHERE: The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, 500 Captain Armour's Way, Jupiter FL 33469; media are asked to enter through the Coast Guard exchange parking lot. In the event of inclement weather, the briefing will be held in the museum.

At approximately 5 p.m. Friday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received the report that Austin Stephanos, 14, and Perry Cohen, 14, were aboard a 19-foot white single engine center console vessel and were last seen in the Jupiter, Florida, area at approximately 1:30 p.m after purchasing $110 worth of fuel.

On Sunday at 11 a.m., a Coast Guard HC-130 located a capsized vessel 67 nautical miles east of Ponce Inlet, Florida. A Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew was dispatched, lowered a rescue swimmer to the boat, and confirmed the vessel's registration.

At this time the Coast Guard and partner agencies are actively searching for the teens.

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