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re: Missing Florida boys' boat found capsized
Posted on 7/27/15 at 6:30 am to weagle99
Posted on 7/27/15 at 6:30 am to weagle99
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Stepfather in one of the vids was saying his son was 'an old salty dog' and would know how to survive. I'm not sure how to interpret that TBH.
Clarified it for you. That's part of your answer. Another report lists the grandmother as the one to call police. Not saying this is a case of neglect exactly, but your average helicopter mama bear would not have let her cubs do this nonsense, no matter how salty they were. Step dad? grandma? Uncle Bob & step aunt Susan? Sure kids, knock yourself out.
Praying these kids are ok.
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 7:45 am to BamaScoop
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It's also an ocean not a gulf!! No gulf stream in the gulf!
Ehh...
Posted on 7/27/15 at 7:54 am to slackster
FWIW, I saw on tv this morning that Joe Namath has put up a $100,000 reward in finding the boys. He's a neighbor of one of the kids.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 8:00 am to cgrand
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no matter how big your boat though if you go out enough it's just a matter of time before you get puckered somehow
Truer words have never been spoken...
Posted on 7/27/15 at 2:08 pm to Homesick Tiger
The families are saying there is a missing engine cover and yeti cooler that might have been used for floatation devices.
A boat captain said he saw the boys leaving Jupiter inlet heading out when a storm was rolling through with gusts of 50 m.p.h. Damn.
A boat captain said he saw the boys leaving Jupiter inlet heading out when a storm was rolling through with gusts of 50 m.p.h. Damn.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 2:11 pm to tigerpimpbot
quote:and didn't radio Coast Guard?
A boat captain said he saw the boys leaving Jupiter inlet heading out when a storm was rolling through with gusts of 50 m.p.h.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 2:39 pm to ForeverLSU02
Why would he call the Coast Guard if the boys weren't in apparent distress? I see idiots out in thunderstorms a few times a month. Rain, wind and enough lightning and thunder to shake my whole building. I'll call 911 if I see them getting electrocuted, but usually I just take a pic and post it on FB with a snarky comment.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 2:46 pm to White Roach
So you have to be 16 to drive a car on a public street, but apparently kids can just jump in a boat and head out on the ocean for some fishing.
Sad story, but geez parents, have some sense.
Sad story, but geez parents, have some sense.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 2:59 pm to BamaScoop
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If your not scared of the ocean your an idiot.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:04 pm to Golfer
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The reports are that they weren't supposed to be in the ocean.
Their parents can't be that stupid?
Sincerely
The kid who wasn't suppose to go across the major highway near our neighborhood.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:19 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
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Sincerely
The kid who wasn't suppose to go across the major highway near our neighborhood.
Yeah, there's a lot of people posting who have forgotten what they were like as kids, know nothing about boats, and know very few actual facts about this case. It's terrible for the parents but random tragedies are a part of life. Everybody these days is obsessed with safety. A life without risk is boring as hell.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:28 pm to BamaScoop
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your an idiot
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:31 pm to SeminoleMarine
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The 14-year-old boys pulled up to the Jib Yacht Club and Marina on Beach Road and were there sometime between 10 a.m. and 11:09 a.m., Krizka, the marina’s manager, told The Palm Beach Post on Monday.
The teens pumped $122 worth of gas into the 19-foot single-engine vessel but were short on cash and had only $109. Krizka remembers the two boys pulled out their cell phones to call their moms for more money, but Krizka told them they could pay the difference next time. The $122 of gas equaled 28 gallons, he said.
“Now I kind of wish I would have let them call their mom,” Krizka said. “If I’m the last one to see them, maybe they would have not been where they were at.”
Austin and Perry visited the Tequesta marina a couple times a week during the summer, Krizka said. On Friday, the boys bought a Gatorade and a soda. They didn’t buy bait, but they could have had that already on the boat, he said. He saw four fishing poles and a cooler. He didn’t see any life jackets, but Krizka said they were probably in the hatches.
The teens didn’t tell Krizka where they planned to go, but he said he doesn’t think they were headed to the Bahamas, as it has been reported.
“They didn’t have any supplies,” he said.
Krizka thinks they were planning on going out to the Intracoastal or offshore, like they usually did.
Since Friday, the boys’ families have called Krizka asking for details, he said. And he went through the trash to find the boys’ receipt to determine what time they were at the marina.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:43 pm to Tigris
The reason I blame the parents in this case is because I remember being 14 years old and getting into trouble, especially in numbers.
The parents can say what they want to try and absolve themselves here, I ain't buying it.
The only certainty in this case is that 14 year old boys are not going to do what they are told, and are only motivated by things they are not supposed to do.
"Salty dogs"?
Are you frickin kiddin me? How salty can you be at 14? I grew up fishing salt water with family that had common sense to fish in the right sized boats and always according to conditions.
I was 22 before my coming to Jesus lesson and was with an older more experienced captain at the time. This isn't a situation of just bad luck and timing here.
How many other capsized boats were there in this "freak" squall? These parents can say what they want to try and make themselves feel better, but at the end of the day, they will blame themselves.
The parents can say what they want to try and absolve themselves here, I ain't buying it.
The only certainty in this case is that 14 year old boys are not going to do what they are told, and are only motivated by things they are not supposed to do.
"Salty dogs"?
Are you frickin kiddin me? How salty can you be at 14? I grew up fishing salt water with family that had common sense to fish in the right sized boats and always according to conditions.
I was 22 before my coming to Jesus lesson and was with an older more experienced captain at the time. This isn't a situation of just bad luck and timing here.
How many other capsized boats were there in this "freak" squall? These parents can say what they want to try and make themselves feel better, but at the end of the day, they will blame themselves.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:46 pm to wahoocs
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I blame the parents in this case is because I remember being 14 years old and getting into trouble
were you allowed to hunt and fish without supervision at 14? Go off in the woods, ride 4 wheelers? if so does that make your parents bad?
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:47 pm to Tigris
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Everybody these days is obsessed with safety.
As every parent should be. It's your #1 responsibility as their parent.
These parents failed.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:55 pm to wahoocs
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The only certainty in this case is that 14 year old boys are not going to do what they are told, and are only motivated by things they are not supposed to do.
Solid assumption on your part, btw.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:59 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
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As every parent should be. It's your #1 responsibility as their parent.
These parents failed.
But there's a line, and its a fine one, that allows kids and teens to learn and grow on their own. There was a subway three blocks from my house growing up. I used to want to go there after school and get a cookie, my mom or dad would walk with me down there once a week. At some point around 11 or 12, I asked and they let me go on my own.
Had something tragic happened during that three block walk, I know my parents would have felt guilt, but they also had to begin to take steps to let me do things on my own.
The same can be said in this situation.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 4:05 pm to Golfer
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Update, 3:35 p.m.: Norieta Stephanos, aunt of missing teen Austin Stephanos, holds out hope that her nephew will return home safely as the search continues into its third day.
Stephanos, who lives in Jupiter, said people are reaching out to family to help search the beaches for boat debris and calling family to show support.
“We’ve just had so much of the good stuff that it’s making it easy to be positive,” she said. “It restores your faith in humanity.”
Austin, 14, is very smart and comfortable in the water, making it easy to say hopeful, she said.
“That’s his niche, he’s a fisherman and a captain all the way. He doesn’t get freaked out by anything,” she said. “Kids are so resilient, not like adults. He wouldn’t get seasick, I know I would.”
Posted on 7/27/15 at 4:07 pm to tigerpimpbot
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Update, 3 p.m.: Coast Guard officials remain optimistic that they will be able to find the boys in northern Florida as the search continues.
Petty Officer Steve Lehmann, who has worked with the coast guard in Florida for about a year after spending time in Louisiana and Texas, said he can’t remember a more high profile search that has gotten this kind of national media attention.
The search teams will continue looking for the boys indefinitely. They have no plans or timeline to call off the effort.
“It’s as extensive as we can possible make it,” Lehmann said of the search.
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