A Fairfax, Virginia, firefighter is missing after a fishing trip off the Florida coast.
Justin Walker with the Fairfax, Virginia fire and rescue department, together with Brian McCluney of the Jacksonville, Florida fire department, launched a 24-foot center console boat from a ramp at Port Canaveral on Friday morning.
Family members alerted the U.S. Coast Guard when the boaters did not return as expected on Friday evening.
They were headed toward , the Coast Guard said in a statement Saturday morning.
Photos of Walker and McCluney were shared on Facebook:
Multiple agencies, including the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Navy, are conducting a search for the two missing firefighters.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Coast Guard’s Jacksonville command center at 904-714-7558.
