Missing hunters: 'Our mission and our obligation is to find these young men.' Brian Broom, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Small plane makes emergency highway landing Replay Video UP NEXT Search efforts for two young men who went missing Dec. 3 on the Mississippi River got off to a late start Friday morning due to weather conditions, but officials are determined to continue until the families have answers. "Our mission and our obligation is to find these young men and bring them home to the families," Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. "We're going to keep going until we find them or it's unreasonable to continue, but right now we're not discussing suspending the search."