Search to continue for New York teen

Boaters will join county teams to look for the boy, who was swept into the ocean

By Leila Fujimori

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 06, 2012

~~<p>Hawaii County firefighters and private boaters were to resume a search today for a 15-year-old New York boy who was swept out to sea at Kealekekua Bay on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The family of Tyler Madoff hired two boat operators to conduct their own searches Thursday, adding to a flotilla of volunteer boaters and kayakers and county fire and Coast Guard looking for the teenager, fire officials said. Madoff's father was expected to arrive in Hawaii today, a fire official said.</p>
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Hawaii County firefighters and private boaters were to resume a search today for a 15-year-old New York boy who was swept out to sea at Kealekekua Bay on Wednesday.

The family of Tyler Madoff hired two boat operators to conduct their own searches Thursday, adding to a flotilla of volunteer boaters and kayakers and county fire and Coast Guard looking for the teenager, fire officials said. Madoff's father was expected to arrive in Hawaii today, a fire official said. Login for more...