HOMER, Alaska — The Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team has hit the water in the search for the Troy family who has been lost at sea after their boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska.
Weather conditions in the area previously forced them to pause their search for the Maynard family.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, David Maynard, 42, his wife Mary, 37, and their two sons, Colton, 11, and Brantley, 7, were aboard a 28-foot aluminum boat with four others when it capsized 16 miles west of Homer Spit around 7 p.m. The four others survived, but the Maynards were never found, despite search efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard.
On Wednesday, the Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team began their search at 5 a.m., according to its Facebook page.
The Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team is a volunteer group that receives funding through donations. To date, they received $3,000 in donations to help replace their rescue zodiacs.
"Both were made in the 1980s and are no longer staying inflated. To replace both Zodiacs (without trailers or motors) is $60k plus shipping," the organization said. "Everything helps, no mater how large of small the donation."
All donations are tax deductible.
More information on how to support the group can be found here.
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