Austin Stephanos was 14 years old when he disappeared at sea while boating with his friend, Perry Cohen, six years ago this Saturday. The boat the teens took out of the Jupiter Inlet was recovered, but they never were.
Did they ever find the boys lost at sea?
The boys’ missing boat and iPhone were recovered in 2016 off of Bermuda. Work through the AustinBlu Foundation began in 2017 to create a statue in their memory. The Stephanos family installed it at the inlet to stand as a memorial for all of the lives lost at sea.
What happened to Perry J Cohen?
Perry Cohen is a 14-year-old boy who went missing at sea on July 24, 2015. He was last seen leaving the Jupiter, Florida inlet on his good friend’s boat. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) conducted one of the largest Search and Rescue (SAR) missions in modern day history to find Perry and his friend.
How old is Perry Austin?
Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos were both 14 years old at the time of their disappearance. The United States Coast Guard conducted a massive, 8-day, 55,000 square nautical mile search to find them.
Where did they find Austin and Perry boat?
The boat that the boys were operating was originally discovered on July 26, 2015 near Daytona Beach, Florida and the Coast Guard attached a data-marker buoy to the boat and left to continue to search for Cohen and Stephanos. It was re-discovered on March 18, 2016 about one-hundred-miles from Bermuda.
What is the AustinBlu Memorial?
Now, a monument honoring them and all those lost at sea stands at the Jupiter Inlet. The monument was created by the AustinBlu Foundation, a foundation that promotes boat safety. It was created in honor of Austin Stephanos. Austin and his friend, Perry Cohen, left for a day on the boat on July 22, 2015.
What happened to the 14-year-olds on the Florida boat?
The 14-year-old friends have been missing at sea since July 24 when they left the Florida coast in a 19-foot Sea Craft boat. Almost 49,000 square nautical miles were searched by the U.S. Coast Guard by July 31.
What happened to the boys who went missing in New Zealand?
The boys — two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old — disappeared while attempting to row between two islands in the New Zealand territory of Tokelau in early October and were given up for dead after an extensive search involving New Zealand’s air force.
What happened to the missing teens in the South Pacific?
Courtesy of Tai Fredricsen (CBS/AP) Three teens who have been missing in the South Pacific for 50 days — and were already eulogized in a memorial service — have been found alive by a New Zealand fishing boat.
