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MONTEREY, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its search yesterday for a missing GoPro camera that disappeared two weeks ago when 20 year old Brad Sullivan was surfing off the coast of California. According to a spokesman, Lt. J.G. Sean Kelly, the Coast Guard had "done everything [they] could."
The GoPro went missing on October 3rd after an "amped" Sullivan was surfing off the Monterey "while trying to catch some epic waves with some of my bros," Sullivan said. The Coast Guard said the GoPro was fastened securely to the board via suction mount, however, Kelly noted, "After taking a gnarly wake, the camera came unhinged and tumbled into the water and was all, like, gone."
Calling the decision to suspend the search “agonizing and heart-breaking,” Kelly told reporters in San Francisco that if the there was only a leash or a floaty attached to the GoPro, maybe they could have kept searching. However, after several search-patterns from multiple assets, the camera seems to have been lost to the briny deep.
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