Safe Hunting?
Four Missing People Found in Hunting Group; One Boy Still Missing
The Associated Press
10/7/03 1:24 AM
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- A
10-year-old boy who was traveling with four others on a hunting trip around
the Mobile-Tensaw Delta remained missing for a second night, authorities
said Monday.
Authorities on Monday
found two men and two boys who were also lost in the Oak Leaf Bayou area in
Baldwin County, Coast Guard officials said.
One of the rescued men,
Tony Poole, is the father of 10-year-old Christian Poole, who still is
missing.
Search and rescue
officials and volunteers from Daphne, Mobile, North Baldwin and Bon Secour
searched for Christian through Monday night.
"We're not going to quit
'til we find this boy," said Lt. Ron Emrich of the Mobile County Sheriff's
Department.
The hunting group drove
an 18-foot aluminum boat about 14 miles north to Oak Leaf Landing just
before noon on Sunday. The group apparently left the boat and got lost while
hunting for squirrel in the delta, said Ken Eslava, spokesman for Daphne
Search and Rescue.
Eslava said Poole was
being treated for hypothermia. The other man, Tommy Stokes, and his two sons
were in good condition.