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Savanah, Ga., To assist in the search. Authorities say they are rampant up the search for a missing person.
Jacksonville Interim Chief Fire Keith Powers said Brian McCluney and Justin Walker. The firefighters departed last Friday on their outing aboard at 24-foot vessel from Port Canaveral.
"We are absolutely in a race against time," U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Mark Vlaun told News4Jax.com. Officials said that this is still very much a rescue effort.
The captain said 12,600 square miles were covered on Tuesday and a total of 69,000 square miles were covered. He called the next 24 hours "critical."
"We're going to keep going all the way we can not be successful," he said.
The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies have been searching a wide expanse of ocean between Cape Canaveral and Jacksonville off Florida's east coast. On Monday, crews found McCluney's fishing tackle bag some 50 miles off St. Augustine in North Florida.
McCluney works for the Jacksonville department while Walker is a master technician with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia, just outside the nation's capital.
McCluney's wife said Tuesday the discovery of her husband's baggage has given her hope that the men will be found. In a Facebook post, Stephanie McCluney added that she was thinking about the world.
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"I am standing firm on my face in prayer and that this is our Lord and savior guiding our path," she posted on Facebook.
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