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waves in weather during hurricane joaquin. the families of those on board the "el faro" are holding out hope that their loved ones will be found alive. the ship's cook sean rivera is a father of two and ha is a baby due this month. >> i believe that he's fighting with everything that he has in him. if there's a fight to be fought, he's fighting. that is our family. we want to make sure we bring them home from sea. >> nbc's mark potter is in jacksonville, florida with the very latest. mark, obviously this is the difficult part of the recovery or rescue if it is even possible at this point. how long does the coast guard plan to hold out hope as the families are? >> reporter: well, you're right, the families are having a really tough time here. they're coming to the union hall every day for an update from the coast guard hoping for good news and so far there just isn't any. coast guard has not said how long it will continue the search. they do say that overnight they

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