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Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters, citing possible hoax
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/us/california-missing-boat-children/index.html?hpt=hp_t3San Francisco, California (CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search off the California coast for a distressed 29-foot sailboat that was carrying a couple and two children, and said Tuesday the incident is "possibly a hoax."
The mission's cost has reached several hundreds of thousands of dollars since Sunday, said Cmdr. Don Montoro.
Searchers have been scouring the water off San Francisco for the people distress calls said were on the boat. That included the couple, their 4-year-old child and the child's cousin, who the Coast Guard said was younger than 8.
Coast Guard investigators will look into the incident and "prosecute it and investigate it to the best of their ability," Montoro said. "We're not investigating it directly as a hoax, but we are pursuing every avenue. It's certainly a possibility."
