Hunter Slezak.Photo:GoFundMe

Hunter Slezak, 7, is missing after a boating accident near Pelican Bay in Alabama with his father Michael Slezak and Sam Wooley who have both been found dead

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A 7-year-old boy is missing and two people have been found dead following a boating trip in Alabama.

The search for Hunter Slezak, 7, has been suspended after two bodies, identified as his father Michael Slezak, 40, and his friend Sam Wooley, 69, were recovered south of Dauphine Island, Ala., on Sunday, Dec. 1, the U.S. Coast Guard stated in arelease.

The 7-year-old had joined his father Michael and his friend on the vessel, the Marty Ann, before it departed the Billy Goat Hole Boat Ramp on Friday, Nov. 29, according to the release.

“Friday evening, watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report of an overdue vessel, the MARTY ANN, with three people on board,” the U.S. Coast Guard said, per the release. The boat was “last heard from on Friday afternoon.”

The body of Michael Slezak, father of Hunter, was recovered on Dec. 1.GoFundMe

Michael Slezak, was found dead along with Sam Wooley after a boating accident near Pelican Bay in Alabama

On Saturday, Nov. 30, per the release, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island boat crew came across a “debris field approximately 9 miles” south of Dauphin Island and searched the area where they found the bodies of the two adult males.

“Suspending an active search for a missing child is an exceptionally difficult decision and is only made after the most exhaustive efforts have occurred. We thank all the search and rescue crews who worked with determination around the clock with hopes of a different outcome.”

Hunter Slezak.GoFundMe

Hunter Slezak, 7, is missing after a boating accident near Pelican Bay in Alabama with his father Michael Slezak and Sam Wooley who have both been found dead

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Michael was a teacher and coach at Semmes Middle School. In a tribute posted onFacebook, it wrote that “the Semmes Middle School family suffered a great loss over the break. Coach Michael Slezak was a beloved teacher and coach who touched so many lives with kindness, wisdom, and dedication.”

AGoFundMe pagehas been set up for the Slezak family to raise money for funeral costs. The page so far has received over $50,700 in donations.

source: people.com