Capsized Boaters Couldn't Hang On Long In Frigid Waters

The four boaters set a course for the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of Feb. 28, to a spot that had yielded a bounty of amberjack on past fishing trips. ...more

March 16, 2009

Dads Of Lost Boaters Say Latest Details Are Inconsequential

To Bob Bleakley, the father of one of three friends who did not survive a gulf fishing trip last week, details of a report released Monday about what happened on the boat are inconsequential ...more

March 16, 2009

Boater's Wife Seeks Presumptive Death Certificate

The wife of Oakland Raiders linebacker Victor Marquis Cooper is seeking a presumptive death certificate after his disappearance in a boating accident. ...more

March 12, 2009

Wife Of NFL Player Lost At Sea Seeks Death Certificate

The wife of Oakland Raiders linebacker Victor Marquis Cooper is seeking a presumptive death certificate after his disappearance in a boating accident. ...more

March 11, 2009

Bleakley Was 'Filled With Courage'

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to remember and honor Will Bleakley, a former University of South Florida football player lost during a boating accident last weekend. ...more

March 8, 2009

Mourners Recall Lost Boater's Courage At Service

A memorial service for a former University of South Florida football player lost during a boating accident in the Gulf last weekend will be held in Crystal River today. ...more

March 7, 2009

Family Ends Search For Missing Boater

Searching has turned to grieving for the family of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, one of three men missing after a boat capsized in the Gulf on Saturday. ...more

March 7, 2009

Family Of Missing NFL Player Calls Off Search

An investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission met today with the family of Corey Smith, one of four men who went out on a fishing trip last week that ended with a boat capsized and Smith and two other men missing. ...more

March 6, 2009

NFL Player's Father Not Giving Up Hope

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this morning launched an effort to recover the 21-foot boat that capsized this past weekend with four men aboard, leaving one survivor. ...more

March 5, 2009

Father Is Still 'Optimistic' That He Hasn't Lost Son

Bruce Cooper knows the official version of what happened to his son. One of four people clinging to an overturned boat in the Gulf of Mexico, his son Marquis gave in to the wind, the cold, the pounding waves. He slipped away from the boat and died. ...more