Marine Times: Search for 12 Marines ends without finding survivors after helicopters crash
After five days without finding any survivors, the Coast Guard suspended its search for 12 Marines who have been missing since Jan. 14 when their two CH-53 helicopters crashed off Oahu.
“The decision to suspend the search without finding survivors was particularly difficult,” said Capt. James Jenkins, commander of the Coast Guard’s 14th District.
Searchers discovered some of the wreckage from the helicopters on the ocean floor about two miles offshore in roughly 325 feet of water, Jenkins said at a news conference Tuesday in Hawaii. The Marine Corps will now be in charge of the investigation into what happened and any possible recovery operations, he said.
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Update #1: Coast Guard suspends search for 12 missing Marines -- Star Advertiser Honolulu
Update #2: Coast Guard suspends search for 12 missing Marines -- USA Today
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