Search For Missing NFL Players Ends
March 3, 2009 by David Kindervater
Filed under Detroit Lions, NFL - NFL, Oakland Raiders
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It is with great sadness that the search and rescue mission for NFL players Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper, and former South Florida football player William Bleakley, has come to an end. The Coast Guard covered 24,000 square miles in three days and were unable to find these men. Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close said if there were any other survivors, they would have been found. Nick Schuyler was the only survivor on the boat and while he has been mostly unable to offer much information because of his condition in recovery, he did tell a friend that after putting life jackets on, Corey and Marquis got separated from the boat because of the intensity of the waves (reportedly around 15 feet on Sunday). Searchers came across a cooler and a life jacket 16 miles southeast of the boat, but saw no other signs of the men.
Source: NFL.com
