Washington Times · Jun 25, 2022
Missing Virginia boaters found safe after extensive search in Atlantic
In this file photo, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter searches the coastline for a small plane that may have crashed in Santa Barbara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire via AP) **FILE**The Virginia couple that was the focus of an ocean-wide search of the Atlantic are safe and heading home, according to authorities.
The U.S. Coast Guard said that boaters Yanni Nikopoulos and Dale Jones, both 65 and from Hampton, Virginia, told the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center that they were 80 miles east of Chincoteague and sailing toward Hampton. The couple wasn’t in distress.