NFL players aboard fishing boat Missing...UPDATE

[1968]

seriously- why the f*ck did you take off your life jacket???

 

[Number_9]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article980720.ece



Nick Schuyler, 24, told investigators that about two to four hours after their boat capsized Saturday in rough seas, one of the two professional football players gave up hope and let himself be swept away, according to family members of two of the missing men.

A few hours later, the second one did the same.
"We were told that Nick said the two NFL players took their life jackets off and drifted out to sea," said Bob Bleakley, whose son Will, 25, is also still missing.

Then, sometime Monday morning, Will Bleakley thought he saw a light in the distance and decided to take off his life jacket and swim to it, hoping to get help.
"I think he was delusional to think he could swim someplace," Bleakley said.



Real sad ending, heartbreaking.

Holy God. That's awful. They must have been delusional. Why would you EVER take off that jacket"

 

[1968]

very sad.... inexpierenced sailors, should of had EPURB on vessel. sends message to coast guard immediatley...anchored in high seas should have put out alot of scope which is anchor line for well less of beating on vessel

they werent inexperienced.

 

[Fishhead]

Talking to a VERY EXPERIENCED(83 year old) sea man, he said they had no business being no more than 6 miles offshore in the boat they had, no less 34 miles.

Not sure what this group was thinking.

 

[Doug]

seriously- why the f*ck did you take off your life jacket???

quit, dehydrated ,delusional,etc.

the too small boat was the main problem, IMO.

 

[hosnatcher]

I don't get the fascination with fishing anyways. I tried it a couple of times when I was younger and thought it was pretty boring. Fishing is not a sport or a game it is a job. People do that for a living to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.

 

[Doug]

I don't get the fascination with fishing anyways. I tried it a couple of times when I was younger and thought it was pretty boring. Fishing is not a sport or a game it is a job. People do that for a living to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.

It would be pretty cool to catch some huge Marlin, or something.

 

[hippieki11er]

Nick Schuyler, 24, told investigators that about two to four hours after their boat capsized Saturday in rough seas, one of the two professional football players gave up hope and let himself be swept away, according to family members of two of the missing men.

A few hours later, the second one did the same.

Uhhh, this doesn't pass the sniff test at all.

 

[Doug]

Talking to a VERY EXPERIENCED(83 year old) sea man, he said they had no business being no more than 6 miles offshore in the boat they had, no less 34 miles.

Not sure what this group was thinking.

makes sense to me !, but I'm not a sailor.

 

[Doug]

If you don't know your bow, from your stern, to your Port,etc... ( I don't)

and that your boat is way too too small to venture out 30 + miles to sea....

I think you almost deserve to die, for your effort !

Darwin award stuff here, really !

This post won't be popular ( I don't care) !

These idiots caused their own deaths, no sympathy, here !

They cost taxpayers a lot too !

Fuck these guys, they caused their own deaths !

They picked their fate !

no sympathahy, here !

an opportunity for a rookie ?

 

[Doug]

These dumb Fucks got what they deserved, if you think about it ?

To me, if I go 30-50 miles out to sea, in a 20 foot boat, I have to think there is a 50 % chance, I'll die.

 

[HuskerFan1]

its sad to hear that story....im sure many of us here dream of being in the position of being a professional athlete and the money that comes along with that (at least i do) and i know if i was ever in that position id probably never put myself in a serious situation like that or at least i hope i had enough foresight....

the men who decided to drift off to swim to a light etc were definitely suffering from some sort of dementia or delusions....

i remember watching a tv show on USA years ago where they took like 12 people and they had them all put a hand on a new truck and the last one with their hand on the truck won it....after hours upon hours people would take their hand off the truck and not even realize it....it was fu-ked up to watch....others simply quit bc they didnt have the mental toughness....the survivor obviously did and i tip my cap to him

 

[Doug]

I hope they died well...had their stuff together...

 

[Doug]

Even if I wasn't fishing , 35 +miles out is crazy

Just not enough boat !

 

[RobFunk]

I would imagine the boat got carried out to 35 miles when it turned over not necessarily traveled there by intention

 

[Doug]

I would imagine the boat got carried out to 35 miles when it turned over not necessarily traveled there by intention

intention was 50 miles out !

You're NFL players... get a proper boat !

 

[Railbird]

intention was 50 miles out !

You're NFL players... get a proper boat !

Special team players making min salary, also little more sensitivity would be cool.

 

[Addict101]

intention was 50 miles out !

You're NFL players... get a proper boat !

Maybe they should have, but they went out as to knowing what they were doing and what they were up against possibly. Think you should have a little more sympathy here homeboy.

 

[Railbird]

Betall thanks for the vid, but i do find it quiet weird that they show a coach from College crying about the missing USF guy, instead of family and friends.

I mean lets be real the coach has had over 300 players, no way he feels this pain like the family does

maybe family doesnt want to have a microphone in their face

 

[DrunkenHorseplayer]

I would imagine the boat got carried out to 35 miles when it turned over not necessarily traveled there by intention

I read that they were in that area because the boat owner had fished in the same spot the previous week.