The Latest on missing teens: Search area expands

The two boys were reported missing from Jupiter, Fla., on Friday afternoon.

The Coast Guard estimates that someone could survive in the warm Atlantic waters for up to five days this time of year.

Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said Friday’s weather was “typical South Florida weather”, meaning it did not account for what happened. “They’ve been through thin water”, said Korniloff.

After four full days of nonstop searching, the families of two missing teenage fishermen are holding out hope that the boys will be rescued. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos were last seen near Jupiter, Florida buying gasoline for their boat last Friday. Their boat was found Sunday 67 miles off the coast of Volusia County.

After the one life jacket was found, it is unknown if the boys had enough personal flotation devices onboard or if they were wearing them at the time they went missing.

The Navy and Coast Guard have searched almost 30,000 square miles of the Atlantic for two missing teens and still no sign of them.

The Coast Guard did not say if any people or bodies were found with the boat, but the Tequesta Police Department, near Jupiter, said there was no one on board.

“That Is a research that is active -and save circumstance”, evening, Coast-Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehmann said Sunday. “We have taught them the respect of Mother Nature, the power of the sea”, he said.

“We’ve got to believe in their wherewithal, and we have some confidence in that area, no doubt”, he said during the conference.

Crews searched throughout the night and will continue all day Tuesday.

“We are 100 percent completely faithful that the boys are out there and we are committed to the search in finding them”, said Pamela Cohen.

Hall-of-Fame NFL player Joe Namath, who is Korniloff’s neighbor and said he has known Perry for 10 years, also appealed to the public for help.

Still, Lehmann said boaters of any age and experience level could encounter danger. The boys were buying $110 worth of fuel for their 19-foot white single-engine boat.

Family, friends and strangers of the boys lit lanterns, candles and sparklers as a way to shine a light for the boys to follow home.

Isabella Murgio, a friend of the boys who organized the vigil, said the community wanted to show belief that the boys are still alive.

An Albuquerque Fire Department dispatcher has been reassigned after he allegedly refused to help a distraught woman asking for assistance on a 911 call as her friend was dying after being shot, fire officials said. Meanwhile, Tequesta police confirmed that the capsized boat belonged to the missing boys.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday morning it moved its entire search to Southern Georgia. “It’s a needle in a haystack out there”, he said, “and that’s one of the reasons life jackets are orange, so it gives us better visibility in cases like this”.

They were nowhere to be seen, apparently adrift by themselves in waters below their own body temperatures in a wave-tossed ocean.