UPDATE: Teens Found Safe But Cold
CEDAR KEY, Florida — A search by air and sea is underway for two 16-year-old girls who failed to return from a paddleboarding excursion in Cedar Key on Monday. The girls were last seen around 4:00 p.m. paddling from Atsena Otie toward Cedar Key, according to the Levy County Sheriff’s Office.
The teenagers were sharing a black-and-white paddle board at the time of their disappearance. A photo of the paddle board, taken earlier that day, has been released by the sheriff’s office to aid in the search efforts.
Multiple agencies, including the LCSO Marine Unit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and the U.S. Coast Guard, have mobilized to locate the missing girls.
