The Coast Guard announced on Friday afternoon that at sunset today it will suspend the search for the two missing teenage boaters, Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen.
During a news conference at Coast Guard Air Station Miami, in Opa-locka, Capt. Mark Fedor told reporters that the agency's "active and open search" would last through daylight hours on Friday.
"However, we have made a decision that we will suspend at sunset tonight," Fedor said.
If new information develops, Fedor said, the Coast Guard has the ability to reopen the case.
"I do want to express my heartelt condolences to the family," Fedor said.