You will NOT see a news report of this! However, yesterday a friend of ours and his son were escorting some tourists on a dive near Costa Caribe Resort. Our friend took the divers down while his (20 yr old-approx.) son stayed with the 25 ft launch. When the divers surfaced about 1 hour later the launch and the young lad were nowhere to be found!! The divers were eventually picked up by another boat and dropped off at Costa Caribe.
A search was begun by the fishermen of Guayacanes until it became too dark and the sea too rough to continue. The search continues today! So far no trace has been found of either the boat or the young man!
Our friend fears the boat has been hi-jacked and his son killed as this is known to happen as the hi-jackers will approach in a small yola, overpower the captain of the large launch, kill him then make off with the launch. The yola is then sunk away from the scene of the hi-jackining and the launch is used for an illegal run to Puerto Rico.
There were two boats found on a beach in Puerto Rico this morning and these are being checked to see if one of them is the missing boat.
It is possible that the young man simply took the boat and used it to transport people to PR.
While his father hopes this is not the case, he is frantic with worry as he knows that his son has been involved with drugs and there is the possibility that he left his father and the divers in the water (they were close to shore and could have swum in) and absconded with the launch. This too is under investigation!
I ask that those of you who may send a prayer that this is not the case in this instance and that the young man will be found alive and well.
On behalf of a very worried father, I thank you in advance and will keep you posted with any news!
A search was begun by the fishermen of Guayacanes until it became too dark and the sea too rough to continue. The search continues today! So far no trace has been found of either the boat or the young man!
Our friend fears the boat has been hi-jacked and his son killed as this is known to happen as the hi-jackers will approach in a small yola, overpower the captain of the large launch, kill him then make off with the launch. The yola is then sunk away from the scene of the hi-jackining and the launch is used for an illegal run to Puerto Rico.
There were two boats found on a beach in Puerto Rico this morning and these are being checked to see if one of them is the missing boat.
It is possible that the young man simply took the boat and used it to transport people to PR.
While his father hopes this is not the case, he is frantic with worry as he knows that his son has been involved with drugs and there is the possibility that he left his father and the divers in the water (they were close to shore and could have swum in) and absconded with the launch. This too is under investigation!
I ask that those of you who may send a prayer that this is not the case in this instance and that the young man will be found alive and well.
On behalf of a very worried father, I thank you in advance and will keep you posted with any news!