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The bodies of two missing Andros fisherman have reportedly been found in waters off a nearby cay. The men left on Christmas Day from Lowe Sound in a 25- foot Mako for Northwest Channel.
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The bodies of two missing Andros fisherman have reportedly been found in waters off a nearby cay. The men left on Christmas Day from Lowe Sound in a 25- foot Mako for Northwest Channel.
Harold Fitzgerald and Tenille Russell were last seen on Christmas Day, when they departed Lowe Sound in a 25-foot white open hull Mako boat sometime around 8am. The men were reportedly headed for the Northwest Channel.
Last night, Fitzgerald’s stepdaughter Vanessa Jones said police contacted the family after the boat was found submerged by divers fishing for conch and crawfish.
“They found their bodies (yesterday), but we are still waiting on police to go and retrieve the bodies,” said Jones, 38. “The bodies are still underwater because tide is very low so they won’t be able to get to them (yesterday).”
Jones said their purported deaths have a double impact as Russell is her maternal cousin.
She explained the two families were closely-knit, adding her mother was a “praying woman” despite her grief.
Jones said Fitzgerald, 49, was an assistant pastor at Mount Freedom Baptist Church, in Lowe Sound.
He was reportedly on track to be ordained as its pastor.
Initial Bolo:
Two fishermen missing in 25 foot white open hull Mako with single 200 HP engine from Lowe Sound, Andros to NW Channel.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Authorities were yesterday searching for fisherman Harold Fitzgerald of North Andros and Tenille Russell who were last seen on Christmas Day.
According to reports, the pair departed Lowe Sound, Andros around 8 a.m. in a 25-foot white open hull Mako boat with a single 200 horsepower engine and were headed to the Northwest Channel.
Kortney Cartwright, who wrote to Eyewitness News on behalf of the family, urged the public to circulate information concerning the Fitzgerald and Russell and asked that pilots and seamen look for the pair at sea. Photo above depicts Harold Fitzgerald and Photo below is a similar Mako 25 and not the missing boat. https://ewnews.com/family-searching-for-missing-pair-at-sea 