Coast Guard racing clock to find missing Florida teens

Luke Skywalker · Jul 27, 2015

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[h=4]Coast Guard racing clock to find missing Florida teens[/h]Coast Guard search and rescue teams and a Navy destroyer were racing the clock Monday to bring home two boys*missing in the vast Atlantic*since they left South Florida in a*19-foot boat three days ago.

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The U.S. Coast Guard located a capsized boat that belongs to two missing teens 67 nautical miles east of Ponce Inlet, Florida. VPC

This combination made from photos provided by the Coast Guard shows Perry Cohen, left, and Austin Stephanos, both 14 years old.(Photo: Uncredited, AP)

Coast Guard search and rescue teams and a Navy destroyer were racing the clock Monday to bring home two boys*missing in the vast Atlantic*since they left South Florida in a*19-foot boat three days ago.
Petty Officer Mark Barney told USA TODAY the primary search area was moved*to an area north of where the capsized*boat was found Sunday, 67 miles off Daytona Beach. The search area now continues to above Jacksonville,*which is 90 miles north of Daytona and 250 miles north of the boys' home in the Jupiter area.
"The Gulf Stream is a pretty powerful current," Barney said. "But*we have quite a few people searching, and we hope we can pull this off."
Authorities said Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, were last seen about 1:30 p.m. ET Friday in the*Jupiter area buying $110 worth of fuel. They were reported missing less than four*hours later.
The Coast Guard found the boat late Sunday morning. A*rescue swimmer lowered from an MH-60 Jayhawk*helicopter confirmed the registration number.
The boat was not damaged and one life jacket was found on board, authorities said. The Coast Guard anchored the boat where it was found for retrieval later. The agency released a video showing the boat bobbing upside *down in the water, with a diver reporting some details such as the cover missing from the motor.
Barney would not speculate on how long the boys could survive if they were in the water.*He also dismissed early reports that the boys were planning to travel to the Bahamas, saying they were sufficiently sea-wise to know they didn't have the supplies required for such a journey.*Although the two boys frequently fish together*in the Jupiter Inlet area, they were not prepared for an extended ocean outing, Barney said.
"We can only go with what we know as fact," he said. "We really can't speculate at this point as to what happened out there."
By midday Monday, the Coast Guard had searched more than 25,000 square nautical miles, Barney said. A*Coast Guard HC-130 airplane, the cutter Paul Clark, the cutter Sawfish and the Navy destroyer USS*Carney continue to search for*the missing teens.
Barney said*the Coast Guard appreciated the offers of help from private boaters*but said the agency discourages that type of involvement for safety reasons.
The search effort*prompted NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, a neighbor of one of the boys, to offer a $100,000 reward. Namath said he hoped the appeal for information could help the search. He told reporters on Sunday that the boys are both skilled boaters. "We've got to believe in their wherewithal.
"We'll keep on looking until we find them. We're all praying. ... The good Lord's gotta help us out."
Contributing: Greg Toppo
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