The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search an area stretching almost half of Florida’s Atlantic coast for two firefighters who went missing while boating. The Coast Guard said Monday the search expands from Cape Canaveral to Jacksonville for Brian McCluney and Justin Walker who were heading toward a fishing spot known as 8A reef.
U.S. Guard officials say they plan to suspend the search for two missing firefighters who disappeared after leaving a Florida port on a fishing trip last week.
Capt. Mark Vlaun said the search for Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighter Brian McCluney and Justin Walker of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia will be suspended Thursday night.
Vlaun says they've reached a point where computer models analyzing the areas that already have been searched show there's no reasonable chance further searching will result in success.
The Coast Guard and scores of volunteers began looking for the firefighters last Saturday, a day after they were supposed to have returned to Cape Canaveral.
Interim Jacksonville Fire Chief Keith Powers says family members are heartbroken by the news.
