Search Continues For Missing Sailor

By Debbie Williams Reporter

Search crews were on the job again looking for a sailor who disappeared during a trip to Pensacola Beach. Search Continues For Missing Sailor

Published: Tue, April 15, 2008 - 6:20 pm

Debbie Williams

Search crews were on the job again today looking for a sailor who disappeared during a weekend trip to Pensacola Beach.
Craig Hoskie disappeared early Saturday morning. While search crews are combing the beach, a special request for help is being answered by anyone with a boat.
Charter boats are bring in their last catch of the day and it's been a good one for Captain Ed Lively. "That's a nine pound trigger fish"
But these days it's not just about fishing. Boat captains from around the area are being asked to take part in an important search, a search for a missing sailor.
"He was just missing. They don't know where he is, they assume he drowned," says boat owner Bill Fette.
NAS Pensacola student Craig Hoskie was last seen on the beach behind the Days Inn. "They found his wallet and stuff. It was like the kid had gone for a swim or something," say Fette.
A search of the beach and coastal waters since has turned up nothing But out on the water, more eyes are looking says Lively. "The Coast Guard broadcast an all mariners keep on the lookout for missing person or persons in such a such an area and stuff which gives everybody who hears it a kind of heads up to keep an eye out to look and see cause you never know."
So when Lively takes his boat out, he's looking for more than just fish. "Being a fisherman we're always looking for something on top, fish, not necessarily somebody, but we're always looking."
He hopes Hoskie is found soon as he and many more continue to watch the water for more than just fish.
Hoskie is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a student at the Naval Air Technical Training Center. His family has been notified his status with the Navy is now, "Whereabouts Unknown".