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McCluney of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue and Walker of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue in Virginia were last seen Friday morning on video surveillance, according to the Coast Guard. They put their boat to the water from the 300 Christopher Columbus ramp and were destined for 8A Reef, an offshore fishing spot.
When the two firefighters did not return home Friday night, family members contacted the Coast Guard.
On Monday morning, Coast Guard boats and planes had already traveled about 24,000 km 2 – as far north as the Georgian coast – in an attempt to locate the missing fishermen.
Three days later, according to Vlaun, teams of future rescuers combed more than 105,000 square kilometers of ocean. (The total area explored is roughly equivalent to that of the State of Colorado.)
"In the evening and tomorrow, our search zone will extend hundreds of kilometers off the coast of New England and central Florida," he said. Without additional information, the Coast Guard's computer modeling shows no reasonable probability of success, Vlaun noted.
The Jacksonville fire and rescue service will also end their search at sunset, Chief Keith Powers said at the press conference. He described families as "broken hearts". "I can not say that I feel different at the moment," he added.
Vlaun called his own decision not to appear "extremely difficult", a judgment that was made only after meeting with families and other relief teams, including dozens of good Samaritans with boats that had participated in the research efforts.
If new clues are discovered, the Coast Guard will resume the search and rescue process, Vlaun said.
Tina Burnside, Amanda Jackson and Artemis Moshtaghian from CNN contributed to this report.
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