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>>JENESE HARRIS: A FAMILY BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO THESE ARE
THE MOMENTS A MISSING CHARTER
BOAT MADE IT SAFELY BACK TO THE
DOCK AT THE MADE FOR
BOTH FANS. THE COAST GUARD WAS
SEARCHING FOR THE BOATERS FOR
HOURS ALL EVENING LONG OUR TEAM
OF REPORTERS HAVE BEEN TALKING
WITH PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WE’RE FIRST
GOING TO START WITH NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER MAGGIE
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LORENZ, MAGGIE YOU JUST SPOKE
TO THE CAPTAIN MOMENTS AGO.
>> HE SAYS IT WAS ALL A MISCOMMUNICATION SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY WERE ABOUT 50 MILES
OFFSHORE AND IN THE DISTANCE
THEY SAW SOME FLYERS SO THEY
RADIOED IN TO THE COAST GUARD
IS DOING THEIR
DUE DILIGENCE BUT THROUGH THE
MISCOMMUNICATION THE COAST
GUARD THOUGHT IT WAS THE DROP
HOOK THAT WAS IN DISTRESS.
SO THEN THEY SAID COAST GUARD
BOATS OUT TO THE COORDINATES
THAT THEY THOUGHT THE DROP HOOK
WAS LOCATED AT
TURNS OUT THEY WERE A LITTLE
BIT SOUTH THAT’S WHAT THE
CAPTAIN TOLD ME THEY WEREN’T
REALLY EXACTLY IN THAT LOCATION
IN THIS
WHOLE TIME. THEY HAD NO IDEA
THAT THEY HAD HELICOPTERS THE
COAST GUARD JUST A BIG OCEAN
MANHUNT OUT FOR THEM. THEY WERE
JUST FISHING THE
WHOLE TIME AND HE SAYS AT THE
END OF THE DAY HE’S VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT FOR THOSE FERVENT
PRAYERS ALL ACROSS NORTHEAST
FLORIDA THAT TONIGHT WERE
ANSWERED.
>> YEAH WHEN I CAME BACK OUT ON
THE WAS ON THE INTERNET AND I
HAD NO IDEA IT WAS
IRAN AND WELL, I’M GLAD WE HAD
NO IDEA WHERE I 50 MILES
OFFSHORE WE’RE TRYING TO COME
BACK IN THE STORM HIT US AND.
>> WAS LITTLE ROCK’S WHERE DO
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN
SOME.
>> THERE WERE 7 TOTAL PEOPLE ON BOARD AND CONCERNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS THEY STARTED SHOWING UP
HERE AROUND 6 O’CLOCK THIS
EVENING HOPING TO GET A WORD
FROM THEM. THERE WAS JUST A
WHIRLWIND OF EMOTION OUT HERE
TODAY WE GOT HERE AROUND 5.30
JUST SPEAKING WITH THOSE FAMILY
AND FRIENDS HOLDING OUT HOPE TO
SIZE ON THE OCEAN WAITING FOR
ANY TYPE OF SIGN.
>>JENESE HARRIS: FOR A COUPLE
OF HOURS THEY WERE OUT HERE AND
THEY FINALLY GOT BACK AROUND 8
O’CLOCK TONIGHT TO THIS DOCK,
THE DROP HOOK.
IT WAS ESCORTED BY THE COAST
GUARD INTO THE DOCK AND FOR
ABOUT AN HOUR SOME CREWS HAD TO
CHECK EVERYTHING OVER CHECK
EVERYONE OUT MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING WAS OK AND COMPLETE
THEIR FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES,
EVERYONE WAS SAFE AND SOUND AND
SCOTT YOU NICE, IT’S JUST QUITE
A FISH TAIL BACK TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU, MAGGIE AND WE’RE NOW
GOING TO CHECK IN WITH NEWS 4
JAX REPORTER
MARILYN PARKER ALSO JOINING US
LIVE FROM MAYPORT MARYLAND YOU
SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN
OUT ON THE BOAT WITH THE
CAPTAIN WITHIN JUST THE LAST
WEEK.
>> YES AND HE SAYS HE WAS OUT ON THE DROP HOOK FOR 12 HOURS THAT DAY AND HAD NOTHING BUT
GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE WHICH IS WHY HE
WANTED TO COME OUT AND CHECK ON
THINGS TONIGHT WE SAW COAST
GUARD MEMBERS MEET THE BOAT
BACK AT THE DOCK AROUND
8 O’CLOCK AND WE LEARNED THAT
EVERYONE ON BOARD
WAS SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR
THIS AFTER 8 HOURS LONG SEARCH
BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD BEFORE
THE BOAT LEFT IT WAS INSPECTED
BY FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE
AROUND NOON, THE COAST GUARD
SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE DURING
THE INSPECTION.
WE’RE TOLD THEY WERE SEARCHING
WHERE FWC INSPECTED THE BOAT
AT NOON WHICH WAS JUST
NORTHEAST OF THE SAINT
JOHNS INLET BUOY DATA SAID
WINDS WERE BETWEEN 1015 MILES
PER HOUR IN WAYS WE’RE BETWEEN
2, 3, FEET AT THAT TIME THE
COAST GUARD SAID CREWS WERE
SEARCHING BY SEA AND AIR FROM
BOTH SAVANNAH AND CLEAR WATER
AT THE TIME THE COAST GUARD
DIDN’T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
WERE ON BOARD BUT THEY LATER
CONFIRMED, IT WAS 7 THAT
INCLUDES
THE CAPTAIN FIRST MATE AND AT
LEAST 5 OTHERS NOW ONE MAN I
SPOKE WITH WAS A PASSENGER
ON THE DROP COOK LAST WEEK HE
SAID HIS EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT
AND THEY HAD THEY WERE MANY
MILES OFFSHORE, BUT THEY DID
HAVE A LITTLE ISSUE ON BOARD.
>> FROM AN ISSUE WITH A FILTER
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOOSE.
SO IT RAN PRETTY THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. AFTER WE FOUND THAT
PROBLEM, EVERYTHING’S
PRETTY GOOD. SO SKY SHOCKED
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE
NEWS TONIGHT.
>> HE’S FEELING A LOTS OF
RELIEF AS WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE SPOKE WITH OUT HERE TONIGHT AND HE SAYS THE