The Tribune

By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

TWO Grand Bahama men reported missing at sea after failing to return from a fishing trip have been found alive, bringing an end to a police search-and-rescue operation.

The Tribune understands the men are Avardo Major and Bernard Davis.

Police said the men were reported missing by Mr Major’s wife early yesterday after they did not return overnight as expected.

According to her report, the pair left a dock near the West End Community Clinic early Monday morning in a 20-foot blue-and-white vessel named “Double Trouble”.

They were not seen or heard from until they were located following the search effort by the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Marine Support Services Branch.

Miranda Major, wife of Avardo Major, said the ordeal took an emotional toll on her family.

She said it was difficult to call her daughter to tell her that her father was missing.

“Terrible night for me, I didn’t sleep,” she said.

She said she felt relief when she learned he had been found.

“God is good,” she said, adding her first words when she saw him were “love you baby.”

Mr Major said the men ran into trouble shortly after heading out to sea and believe they had a fuel problem.

“I ain sleep yet,” he told The Tribune yesterday evening.