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Details emerge- Pilot may have seen missing Florida teens during search – Lawsuit filed

Boat-belonging-to-missing-Florida-teens-found-near-BermudaAccording to the FWC report, during the search for the boys on July 26, a pilot identified as Bobby Smith was searching for the boys and stated that he saw two pieces of white debris tied together by an orange lifejacket as he flew at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. He then circled the area “three or four” times at 200 feet and said he saw a person lying on the debris and lifting their arms above their head. James Dulin, a commercial fisherman who was fishing about five miles offshore, said that as the storm moved westward around 2 p.m., he saw 40 boats heading into Jupiter Inlet, presumably to take cover. Dulin said he saw a small boat with two “young people” on board head away from shore around the same time.  31 photo’s, Video, Read the rest here  The family of one of the two Florida teens who disappeared at sea last summer is speaking out for the first time after being sued by the mother of the other missing teen over the iPhone that was found aboard the boys’ derelict fishing boat.  Link 15:54

Family feud erupts over iPhone recovered in search for Fla. teen fishermen

Boat-belonging-to-missing-Florida-teens-found-near-BermudaMore than eight months after Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, went missing off the Florida coast, their boat was found near Bermuda, with an iPhone intact on March 18.Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, got lost at sea during a bout of severe weather on July 24, 2015. The US Coast Guard located the boat about 67 miles off the shore of Daytona Beach just two days after they went missing, but it drifted away. The 19-foot Seacraft boat was discovered by a passing vessel about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda. Read the rest here Onboard were Stephanos’ phone and some fishing gear. One day after the Cohen family filed the restraining order, Blu Stephanos, Austin’s father, promised to share the phone’s data with investigators and both families. Video, Read the rest here 08:33