Official search for missing Mary's Harbour fishermen ends, father pleads for its restart
CBC
The father of one of two missing fishermen from Mary's Harbour is calling for efforts to find them to restart, after the official search off the coast of southern Labrador was called off Sunday night.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre announced via Twitter around 9 p.m. Sunday that it had suspended the search for the Island Lady following more than 48 hours of searching an area off Mary's Harbour spanning 4,500 nautical square miles, in an effort that involved "a significant number" of aircraft and vessels.
Two men from Mary's Harbour were aboard the Island Lady, Marc Russell and Joey Jenkins. Russell's father took to Facebook shortly after the search ended, asking for the search to be extended by 24 hours.
"We cannot lose our sons due to a lack of search and rescue resources," Dwight Russell wrote.
"This search has only had one day of good search conditions. We need more time! Our boys deserve more time!"
Russell told CBC News Monday morning his family was told the news around 7 p.m Sunday. After that call, he and his family pressed federal departments like the office of the prime minister, he said, and had been promised the search would resume.
But come Monday morning and that promise "has not materialized," he said.
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