Suspending an active search for a missing child is an exceptionally difficult decision and is only made after the most exhaustive efforts have occurred,”

Michael Slezak, a beloved Math Teacher at Semmes Middle School, was found dead alongside a friend, Sam Wooly, during the search for three missing boaters.

Image via Facebook Search and rescue crews are searching for a missing 7-year-old boy after finding the bodies of his father and a family friend. The three were boating near Dauphin Island in Alabama when their boat capsized.

The child, Hunter Slezak, is the only one still missing after Michael Slezak and Sam Wooley were found dead Saturday afternoon by a Coast Guard crew.

Search and rescue efforts intensified on Monday in the hopes of finding 7-year-old Hunter Slezak. Reportedly, the state helicopter hovered above Dauphin Island while boats and sonar were used to scan the waters below.

A 7-year-old boy is missing and two people have been found dead following a boating trip in Alabama. The search for Hunter Slezak, 7, has been suspended after two bodies, identified as his father Michael Slezak,

The Coast Guard recovered the bodies of two boaters off the Alabama coast but suspended the search for a missing 7-year-old boy after combing the area over the weekend

Hunter Slezak, 7, was a passenger on the Marty Ann when the boat was met with disaster in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, the USCG said. USCG photo The search for a 7-year-old boater who vanished under mysterious circumstances off Alabama has been suspended by the U.

U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Sector suspends Search for 7-year-old boy in Dauphin Island boating accident