PORT RITCHEY, Fla. - Search and rescue controllers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg are notified Sunday at 7 p.m. by a concerned friend reporting his neighbor, a 64-year-old man and his 63-year-old girlfriend were overdue aboard a 22-foot fishing boat that departed for Double Hammock Creek at 10 a.m., Sunday. According to the reporting source, they were supposed to be back Sunday afternoon, but never returned.
U.S. Coast Guard audio for release.