US Coast Guard calls off search for a man and his 3 children whose boat capsized in waters off the coast of Maine.
The Coast Guard said the man reported that he and his children were in the water with life jackets, according to The Associated Press. He said their boat was 14 feet long and capsized 12 miles off of Kennebunkport.
The Coast Guard lost radio communications with the man but looked for his boat for 22 hours before suspending the search at 8 a.m. on Sunday, according to a news release. Lt. Matthew Odom said searchers were unable to find any signs of the boat, debris or people, according to The Associated Press."We utilized every resource at our disposal and applied an extraordinary amount of search effort to locate these boaters," said Cdr. James McLay, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator at Sector Northern New England."If there was anyone in distress we gave them the best possible chance for rescue.
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