Search for missing teens to be suspended

Coast Guard makes 'gut-wrenching' decision

This composite made from photos provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Perry Cohen, left, and Austin Stephanos, both 14 years old. Cohen and Stephanos were last seen Friday afternoon, July 24, in the Jupiter, Fla. area buying fuel for their 19-foot boat before embarking on a fishing trip. - photo by Associated Press

Missing Teen Fisherme Ledb — This composite made from photos provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Perry Cohen, left, and Austin Stephanos, both 14 years old. Cohen and Stephanos were last seen Friday afternoon, July 24, in the Jupiter, Fla. area buying fuel for their 19-foot boat before embarking on a fishing trip. - photo by Associated Press

OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — After hundreds of rescue workers fanned out across a massive swath of the Atlantic for a full week, the Coast Guard's search for two teenage fishermen was to end Friday, a heart-rending decision for families so convinced the boys could be alive they're pressing on with their own hunt. Even as officials announced at noon that the formal search-and-rescue effort would end at sundown, private planes and boats were preparing to keep scouring the water hoping for clues on what happened to the 14-year-old neighbors, Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos. Capt. Mark Fedor called the decision to suspend the search "excruciating and gut-wrenching."

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