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Coast guard searching for missing boat off Fort Myers Beach

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard is asking all boaters to be on the lookout for a missing Boston Whaler boat.

According to the coast guard, the 33-foot long boat left from Fort Myers Beach Tuesday morning to fish offshore.

Two people aboard the boat, John Sowper and Steven Hanson, were supposed to return Tuesday night, but so far they have not.

The coast guard asks anyone who spots the boat to call them.