Jun 23 2016, 11:42 am ET
Possible Flare Spotted in Search for Family Whose Sailboat Went Missing
by Elizabeth Chuck
The Coast Guard spotted what it thinks may have been a flare while searching for a father and three teens whose impaired sailboat went missing raising a small ray of hope that some of them could be alive.
A helicopter "saw what they believed to be a media flare raise for about three seconds in the search area" at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, Coast Guard Sector Commander Gregory Case told reporters. "We have been covering that area since last night and into today."
It was also spotted by a Coast Guard response boat, Case said. But he acknowledged officials weren't sure it was a flare.
"It could be anything ... plane light reflections," he said...
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ch-family-whose-sailboat-went-missing-n597661