Search Called off for NFL Players Lost at Sea

Filed in archive NFL on March 5, 2009

© Andrew Real

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Close said Search and Rescue crews were finishing up their search at sunset on Tuesday for the 3 remaining people that were lost at sea when their boat capsized.

The Coast Guard The news came after crews combed choppy waters off the Florida Gulf Coast for a third full day since NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and friend William Bleakley disappeared. Their fishing boat capsized in stormy seas Saturday evening.

One of the four on the excursion, Nick Schuyler, survived. He said the group stayed together for a while, then separated and were lost.