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Welcome back, we're following that breaking news out of southern california where officials have confirmed multiple deaths after a 75 foot dive boat caught fire off the coast of ventura county. joining me now on the phone is u.s. coast guard petty officer mark barney. thank you for joining us on this. trying to get as much clarification on the situation as it develops. we appreciate you joining us. i'm hearing there were 38 people on board this vessel. five people were evacuated. 33 people are currently unaccounted for and we have a boat that is basically sunk. aside from the bow, which as you...

Two 14-year-old boys that seem so young. how experienced do you need to be to really be able to navigate these waters? >> well, the thing about the state of florida is that it has a huge recreational boating community. like these two boys, they're no exception. but at the same time they're still only 14 years old. like you said, the search has originated off in the jupiter area and it extended all the way far north to jacksonville and that pretty much is attributed to the weather. the weather for the past week, we've had scattered thunderstorms throughout the state. we've had low seas, we've h...

Community's commitment already and we only ask that everybody continue to be safe in assisting to try and find the boys to try not to interfere with the search and rescue that the coast guard is doing. but to please just spread the word to anyone that we know here in the bahamas that if they have seen these boys we need to know. >> and that was from the cnn affiliate wbpf. i spoke earlier with petty officer mark barney. >> right now the area is quite vast. as we heard before we started this search off of the jupiter area stretched all the way up to melbourne and then back down to ft. pierce. s...

Fishing two days ago. the boat was found about 67 miles off the coast of jupiter florida. the boys themselves have not been found. it is believed that the 14-year-olds may have been headed to the bahamas, some 60 nautical miles away when they disappeared. joining me right now is petty officer mark barney. so mark thanks again for joining us. we talked about an hour ago. now tell me about how you've been able to confirm that this capsized 19-foot boat that was located is indeed that of the 14-year-olds. >> yes, ma'am. well shortly ago, we received word that a vessel a capsized vessel was locate...

Of us needed them. and it was a very wonderful, wonderful affair. martha: that's great. ben, this was your first visit to see the memorial. had you been planning this for a while? >> no. two friend of mine, david marks and mark barney, convinced me to go. and two other friend went two years ago and they raved how wonderful it was and it was really a wonderful experience. martha: it is truly, it's such a moving place to visit for all of us. i've been there with my family. so many people across the country but for you, obviously having served during world war ii, it must have been very moving. i...