NFL Players Still Lost At Sea
The Coast Guard received no distress signal from a fishing boat that disappeared off Florida’s Gulf Coast while carrying two NFL players and two former college players.
The Coast Guard is searching a wide area for the 21-foot vessel carrying Corey Smith, a Detroit Lions free-agent defensive end, and Marquis Cooper, an Oakland Raiders linebacker. Will Bleakley and Nick Schuyler, both former University of South Florida players, were also aboard.
The boat was reported missing Sunday, one day after it left Clearwater Pass and did not return as expected Saturday evening as the weather became increasingly rough, with heavy winds and high seas.
Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said there was no communication with the men even before the weather started to pick up and no SOS call was received.
“That’s not to say they didn’t send one out,” he said. “We didn’t receive anything.”
The Coast Guard used a helicopter and an 87-foot ship to search a 750-square mile area west of Clearwater Pass, but poor weather on Sunday made the search difficult.
I can not believe this, it is so crazy to me. Don’t these boats have GPS locators on them? I am hoping they are OK, but the more days that pass, the less likely it looks.
Stay tuned for more information!
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They’d probably widen their search parameters if the players missing were like a Steeler and a Raven or something..
On a serious note, this is pretty crazy, hope they find em
LOL Burn.
As if the Raiders and Lions didn’t have enough to worry about……come to think of it maybe these guys dont want to be found (might have been the only way to get out of Oakland and Detroit)
well you one-upped my horrible comment
raiders gm heard the news and was praying “please be jamarcus, please be jamarcus”
lol at a horrific situation
but on a serious note lets hope they are found on an island somewhere drinking mai tais