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Jacket and oil sheen and cargo container. the u.s. coast guard, though, tells fox news they cannot confirm yet if they belong to the cargo ship el faro. this comes after last night's discovery of a life ring confirmed to be from el faro found 75 miles northeast of the ship's last known location. the white arrow shows the last known location as hurricane roy keen slammed the area. this is the fourth day of the search, so far the coast guard has covered 30,000 square miles of ocean, but the search conditions have been very challenging thanks to hurricane joaquin. 100-mile-per-hour hurricane forc...

Search area. they can't confirm that any of that material is from "alfaro." yesterday they were able to recover a life ring. they spotted it from the air and sent a diver down into the water. they also spotted a few other things at the time. because conditions were so rough they were only able to recover that one life ring. presumably today they'll be lowering divers into the water to try to recover some of those materia materials. here in jacksonville, family members have gathered in the bmding behind me throughout the day. they've been coming in. i've been speaking with them over the past tw...

>> yes. good morning. the life ring was found in an area where we were searching and where we expect to find any sign of the vessel. so it was located approximately 70 miles to the northeast of the vessel's last known position. so we had -- we were only able to get to the vessel's last known position yesterday for the first time. and conditions were still very difficult. one of our c-130 aircraft was able to go down to 500 feet, but they still only had a quarter mile of visibility. they are about 50 miles from the eye of the storm so they had a quarter mile visibility and a hundred-mile-an-hou...

They're going between jacksonville and san juan. >> how old is this vessel, has it had any problems in the past? >> the ship was built in 1975. it's a u.s. flag ship with an american crew. the ship is 790 feet long. it is a sturdy ship. sit a ship that's very well maintained. much confidence in this ship. it served in different trades around north america, and had been serving in this trade for some years. >> what does the fact that they found this life ring tell you, tim? >> well, i think the initial thing, which we noted earlier, that it reflects the ship was caught in extreme weather, rough...

From the airport. >> your mom is flying in to be with you? >> yes. >> tell me what your thoughts are now? >> right now, i have a praise report. they reported that a life ring had been found, so they know what areas to check for the ship when they start back up in the morning. it has the ship name on it, so that was one of the ones that blew off the ship. >> now, your husband is experienced, he's been doing this for quite some time, is that correct? >> he has. he's been doing this since 1999. >> okay. and did you know or did he discuss the fact that there was a storm and a hurricane coming and ...