The latest: Coast Guard suspends its search for teen fishermen missing off Florida coast

MIAMI – The latest on the search for the two teens who went missing while on a fishing trip off Florida’s Atlantic coast:

8:15 p.m.

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two teenage fishermen who’ve been missing for a week.

The agency said it ended the search at sunset Friday as it had announced earlier in the day. The Coast Guard searched waters from South Florida up through South Carolina without success.

The boys’ families say they will continue a private search.

The 14-year-old boys, Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, went missing last Friday, and their capsized boat was found Sunday.

The boys are described as consummate seamen who grew up on the water and spent much of their free time boating and fishing.

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