NFL players Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper among four boaters missing off Florida

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Coast Guard was searching off Florida's Gulf
Coast on Sunday for a fishing boat carrying NFL players Corey Smith and
Marquis Cooper and two other men missing nearly a day in choppy seas.
Smith and Cooper were on a 21-foot vessel that left Clearwater Pass
for a fishing trip Saturday morning and did not return as expected, the
Coast Guard said Sunday. Crews used a helicopter and a 47-foot boat to
search a 750-square mile area west of Clearwater Pass, but poor weather
made the search difficult. Officials did not receive a distress signal
from the missing craft.

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Thought I'd put this here instead of the NFL section.....man...I don't think this story is going to end well....I'll try to be optimistic but let's be realistic here....they've already called off the search.....these guys are gone unless there is some miracle that has yet to be seen here.....

The search hasn't been called off.
Doesn't look good........

Well at least it hasn't been called off....I guess somebody on the Lions forum was wrong.....

They found one person, but neither of the players.

Yea....I saw that update...unfortunately...I think the other 3 are dead.....

Praying for a happy outcome, but I'm not very optimistic.

The one thing that makes me hopeful is that they are in great physical shape...
The Gulf is shark infested though and hypothermia is a concern too.

Miamivette wrote:

The one thing that makes me hopeful is that they are in great physical shape...
The Gulf is shark infested though and hypothermia is a concern too.

Yea....it's a fucked up situation....

Yeah I agree,

The search is called off. They're chum.
So sad

Miamivette wrote:

The search is called off. They're chum.
So sad

Yup....

Sad...

After all this time, it just makes sense. I read this morning that private searches had started.

This is sad, but I wonder if it would have gotten the same exposure if it were Joe Schmoe in the boat instead of NFL players.
Don't get me wrong, this story is horrible, but it would still be horrible to me if that were common folk in that boat. Ya know what I mean?

Absolutely worx....you bring up an extremely good point....

This happens quite often around here (The Gulf of Mexico) and it's big news locally for days as well.
Of course it's going to be national since they are famous and we love our football players

I know it, Vette. I just wish the headline would have read "Four Men Missing" instead of "Two NFL Players Missing". I'd have still read the article and all that stuff.

May they rest in peace.

Definitely....and from what I hear...they were some of the nice guys....the high character players that are quite rare today.......this is just 10 kinds of sad....and I wish the other two would've been acknowledged better....thank god at least one of the four survived though.....there's the silver lining....

If the only silver lining. I hope their families are okay in this time.