There was one vest remaining with the overturned boat. It’s reasonable to assume that there was more than one on it. Teenage boys made a tragic error of judgement. They did not have their parent’s permission to leave the inlet. Barring something miraculous, it appears that those boys are gone. Prayers for the families.
In my hometown ‘White water rafting’ was the big deal.....adults were always present...even so “something happened” and our community lost an experienced father rafting with his family.
These kids were on the ocean storms happen unexpectedly....no matter how close or far from land.