WMFL NewsChannel 6 Breaking News #3

WMFL NewsChannel 6 Breaking News - 3/02/09

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Breaking news from WMFL NewsChannel 6. Good Afternoon, One of four boaters who went missing off the Florida coast Saturday has been found, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Three others, including two NFL players, remain missing. An overturned vessel was discovered Monday afternoon with former University of South Florida football player Nick Schuyler clinging to it, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer James Harless. Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper and NFL free agent Corey Smith, who played for the Detroit Lions for the past three seasons, have not returned from a fishing trip Saturday in water off Clearwater, family members and colleagues said Sunday. A wave flipped the boat over during a storm Saturday evening, and the men held onto the boat's hull, Schuyler told authorities, Coast Guard Petty Officer Robert Simpson said. Simpson said officials will wait until Schuyler is treated for hypothermia before talking with him again. The search, which began early Sunday, involves three Coast Guard cutters, three C-130 Hercules airplanes and three helicopters combing 16,000 square miles of open water in the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles west of Clearwater Pass, according to a Coast Guard statement. The search area Sunday was 750 square miles. The Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing, based at Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base, sent a C-130 airplane and a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter to join the effort Monday, the Air Force said. Rough seas and high winds that hampered the search Sunday continued Monday. The Coast Guard reported winds of 15 to 20 knots and waves up to 9 feet in the search area Monday. Stay tuned to WMFL NewsChannel 6 for more futher updates. This has been breaking news from WMFL NewsChannel 6. have a great evening.

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