The Coast Guard says it has found a person clinging to an overturned boat off Florida's Gulf Coast. Three still missing, Boat overturned in stormy weather.
Update: 3-3-09 PM - No Joy - Coast Guard To End Search For NFL Players
Three souls remain missing off the Florida coast.
Update: 3-3-09 AM - Reports of some clothing found floating this morning in search area.
The Coast Guard has secured former University of South Florida football player Nick Schuyler, who was clinging to the boat and the search continues for the others.
Corey Smith, a free-agent defensive end who played for the Detroit Lions last season, and Marquis Cooper, an Oakland Raiders linebacker, are two of the four people aboard the boat that didn't return from a fishing trip Saturday.
Petty Officer Sondra-Kay Kneen says searchers located an overturned boat Monday but provided no further details.
The Coast Guard said Cooper, Detroit Lions free agent Corey Smith and another former USF player, William Bleakley, remained missing. TV footage showed Schuyler being helped from a Coast Guard helicopter at Tampa General Hospital. He appeared conscious and talking.
The men were reported missing Sunday. The Coast Guard has searched about 16,000 square miles of ocean for the 21-foot boat.
The reports, citing Coast Guard officials, say that the four people left the Clearwater, Fla., area on a 21-foot fishing boat around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
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