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AUG 26, 2019
Family of missing boaters keep hope alive and continue volunteer search effort
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Futch was returning to the area Monday from his home in Chipley to continue coordinating the same volunteer search efforts that ran alongside the U.S. Coast Guard’s last week.
[...]
The perseverance comes in the face of dimming hopes and lingering prayers. Volunteers continue to take to the sea and sky in a bid to find clues that could lead to the pair's whereabouts.
The Coast Guard continues to track reports of possible debris.
[...]
The search is now a volunteer effort, split between organized fronts mobilized out of South Carolina and South Florida with Futch acting as the central organizer.
He said nautical and aviation professionals are providing expertise on when and where to look.
[...]
Monday marked the 10th day Walker, 33, and McCluney, 38, have been at sea.
[...]
Futch said three planes were over the Atlantic, departing from those bases with searchers Monday.
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“We’re still looking for the boat, but we’re also not ruling out that they’re on a raft,” he said. “There’s been zero debris found.”
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The cell phone ping showed that at 1 p.m. Aug. 16, the men were 31 miles off shore of Brevard County at 8A Reef, where McCluney said they planned to fish.
“Brian left a boating plan. They told people where they were going to be; what they were doing and when they were going to return,” Futch said.
[...]
Futch said the men stuck with their plan, “It’s what happened afterward we don’t know.”
He said there have been contributors of both time and resources renting planes and paying for fuel but added, “It’s going out almost as fast as it's coming in.”
[...]
McCluney's mother, Carla McCluney, specifically thanked the Coast Guard, a foreign merchant ship that diverted its course to search for the men and the countless donors that offered planes, boats, fuel and money.
"I am in debt to all of you, forever," she said. "Thank you."
Family of missing boaters keep hope alive and continue volunteer search effort
[...]
Futch was returning to the area Monday from his home in Chipley to continue coordinating the same volunteer search efforts that ran alongside the U.S. Coast Guard’s last week.
[...]
The perseverance comes in the face of dimming hopes and lingering prayers. Volunteers continue to take to the sea and sky in a bid to find clues that could lead to the pair's whereabouts.
The Coast Guard continues to track reports of possible debris.
[...]
The search is now a volunteer effort, split between organized fronts mobilized out of South Carolina and South Florida with Futch acting as the central organizer.
He said nautical and aviation professionals are providing expertise on when and where to look.
[...]
Monday marked the 10th day Walker, 33, and McCluney, 38, have been at sea.
[...]
Futch said three planes were over the Atlantic, departing from those bases with searchers Monday.
[...]
“We’re still looking for the boat, but we’re also not ruling out that they’re on a raft,” he said. “There’s been zero debris found.”
[...]
The cell phone ping showed that at 1 p.m. Aug. 16, the men were 31 miles off shore of Brevard County at 8A Reef, where McCluney said they planned to fish.
“Brian left a boating plan. They told people where they were going to be; what they were doing and when they were going to return,” Futch said.
[...]
Futch said the men stuck with their plan, “It’s what happened afterward we don’t know.”
He said there have been contributors of both time and resources renting planes and paying for fuel but added, “It’s going out almost as fast as it's coming in.”
[...]
McCluney's mother, Carla McCluney, specifically thanked the Coast Guard, a foreign merchant ship that diverted its course to search for the men and the countless donors that offered planes, boats, fuel and money.
"I am in debt to all of you, forever," she said. "Thank you."
