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Tums, a fisherman at Yallahs Fishing Beach in St. Thomas
The search continues for two fishermen who went missing off the coast of the Yallahs Fishing Beach in St. Thomas on Sunday.
Imrankhan Lewis, 36, and Franklyn Campbell, 50, left for a fishing trip about 7:00 a.m. and were due to return the same day.
The Marine Police told Radio Jamaica News that officers carried out an extensive search off the coast of Yallahs and White Horses on Monday, but saw no sign of the men.
The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard has joined the search.
Fishermen at the Yallahs Fishing Beach are keeping hope alive that their colleagues will be found safe.
"Everybody heart goes out still enuh, cause the whole a wi a fisherman. Would like see dem come home back, even gone a next country weh dem can get some connection, make some call and so on, you nuh. We a hope and pray. We know seh dem nuh dead still, suh dem out deh," said one fisherman, known as Tums.
The police are asking people at sea to be on the look out for the men or their boat with the name "Young Moore" and registration number Y178.
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