All life rafts from copters found and none used

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it had halted its search for 12 Marines who have been missing since two military helicopters collided last week off Hawaii’s Oahu island.

On Tuesday, the fifth full day of searching, officials said all four life rafts from the two choppers had been recovered, and there were no signs that anyone had ever been on board either. A good Samaritan spotted the final raft on Monday afternoon, and a Coast Guard vessel recovered it 3 miles north of Oahu, said Petty Officer Tara Molle, a Coast Guard spokeswoman.

“The decision to suspend this search without finding survivors is particularly hard”, said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jim Jenkins, chief of staff and acting commander for the Coast Guard 14th District.

There was no indication anyone had been on any of the rafts, based on their condition and the lack of any personal effects, the Coast Guard said.

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“As we transition our efforts to recovery and salvage operations and continue to provide support to the families of our Marines, we thank you, the Coast Guard, the Marine Corps, the Department of Defense, the civilian organizations have been nothing but outstanding”.

The search is still for survivors.

Mooers said people have been founds days or even weeks after they’ve been at sea.

They would have to survive the crash and then possible dehydration, exposure and fatigue, said Mario Vittone, a retired Coast Guardsman who is an expert on sea survival. Gen. Russell Sanborn, told reporters Sunday he has personal experience with the “emotional roller coaster” families of the 12 Marines are experiencing.

US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 on a deployment to Darwin, Australia in 2015.

He said they had reviewed all searches done by all agencies, the data and metrics produced by the Coast Guard’s search-and-rescue tools, and the particular circumstances of this case. The cause remained under investigation.

Maj. Shawn Campbell went to high school in northwest Harris County, graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in microbiology, then joined the Marines. They said he was married last February to “the love of his life”, Capt. Paige (Stull) Kennedy, and they have been looking forward to celebrating their first anniversary.

– Capt. Kevin T. Roche, 30, St. Louis. Sgt. Adam C. Schoeller, 25, Gardners, Pennsylvania. Thomas J. Jardas, 22, Fort Myers, Florida. Cpl.