re: Missing Florida boys' boat found capsized

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14 year old boys are gonna find adventures to get into. Danger is exhilarating.

I feel sorry for some of you who never knew a little danger and had helicopter parents.

Did mommy need to hold your wittle weenie when you made pee pee too?



I mean, it sucks for the parents and the boys, but danger is everywhere. You can't blame this one on parenting.

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Are you serious?

I don't think you understand what a monster the oceans on Earth are. Sure, danger is everywhere but it can and should be avoided at all costs and these stupid parents did no such thing with their sons. They would have to be 18 for me to have no control over them going out there.

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I was talking about them taking the boat out on their own.

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That's fine but part of taking a risk as a parent is making sure you have a safety net and kids do their stuff in an environment that can be easily controlled; like say a medium sized lake with no outlet.

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The parents clearly said they weren't supposed to go where they did

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Kids lied and/or betrayed a trust? I'm so shocked.

Kids are not to be trusted in an environment that cannot be easily controlled.

This story is blowning up my news feed down here in Palm beach. Them boys goners

They found out everything there was to know about what happened from the diver that they need to know.

Honestly, they don't give a shite about the boat at this point.

I heard an interview from the Coast Guard spokesman. They asked him a question that I wanted answered. How many life vests were on the boat? He said we don't have any answers for that question at this time.

Less than a minute later, he stated that one life vest is missing from the boat.

How do you suppose they deduced that when they don't know how many life vests were on the boat to begin with? Lol

A boat captain saw them leave the marina after fueling up, heading into rough seas not wearing their vests. They're doing their due diligence, but they've got this one figured out already.
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Maybe you think you've "got this one figured out already", but I doubt the CG has jumped to any premature conclusions. If the boys weren't wearing PFDs when they left the marina, does that exclude the possibility that they put they on when the weather started getting foul? How does the Coast Guard know that one PFD is missing? I don't even know how many I have, and I'm positive the Coast Guard doesn't.

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What's crazy is that this all apparently happened during the day and they got separated from boat somehow. The footage from coastguard shows capsized boat floating with most of hull above water and no damage to hull. Why/how did they get separated from the boat?

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Waves and current, I have jumped of the back of a dive boat and been immediately swept away quite a distance, even with dive fins it would have been very tough to swim back to the boat. If there are only two people in a boat and they both go in the water unless there is a trailing line of some sort for them to get a hold on they are pretty much done.

anytime you are in the water in any circumstance, you have to be on your guard. I was in a fricking lake one time and things seemed pretty calm when we set out. and the boat next to us took on water and sank with 4 people diving out. Luckily there were other boats near by. They wanted to get in our boat and that would have capsized us so we told them no.

i saw a documentary recently about a race across the Atlantic. Professional racers. Near the end of the race, two of the boats hit a swell. One of the boats was damaged enough it dropped out of the race and on one of the boats, one guy seriously hurt his shoulder and one had a confusion I believe.

The parenting versus personal responsibility argument is an interesting one. All I'll say is a see grown arse middle aged men every day who should know better most of them are intelligent and hardworking. But you never really know how you'll react until the shite hits the fan and I'm guessing these boys had never really been in a situation where they could be expected to react to a disaster.

Very sad story.

These parents sure raise themselves some good ole strong boys

I loved reading this thread. It's full of "probablys, definitelys, likelys and I bets".

With so many smart posters here, maybe some of you should contact the CG. They are out there searching for answers, who knew all they would have to do to find them is read the OT.

The only thing we know is two fisherman are lost at sea. From all reports, they seem to be capable of running a boat. You don't have to be an adult for the sea to take your life.

I really just feel sorry for the families.

I don't think they will.

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With so many smart posters here, maybe some of you should contact the CG. They are out there searching for answers, who knew all they would have to do to find them is read the OT.

The only thing we know is two fisherman are lost at sea. From all reports, they seem to be capable of running a boat. You don't have to be an adult for the sea to take your life.

I really just feel sorry for the families.

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you forgot how many parents of the year there are as well whose kids never do something they aren't suppose to