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Families speak about sea search | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The father of a boy rescued after the boat he took with a friend capsized at night off the Dorset coast has spoken of how he thought his son was in bed. | |
Richard Webb, 14, was plucked from the sea by an RNLI lifeboat in Portland Harbour early on Sunday, after sneaking out with his best friend Kyle Moore. | |
Kyle, also 14, is still missing and a search operation has been scaled down. | |
On Monday, Kyle's family made an emotional plea for him to come home, saying, "he is not in trouble". | |
Jeffery Webb, Richard's father, described mixed emotions of relief and sorrow. | |
In shock | |
"We feel relieved that we have got him home," he said. | |
"I'm just so sorry for Sue (Kyle's mother). I just hope Kyle is hiding somewhere. | |
"They are best mates. Richard is still in shock." | |
Kyle and Richard took a rowing boat from a boatyard at about 0200 GMT on Sunday. | |
Kyle was not wearing a lifejacket and coastguard teams, who have searched 40-sq miles of sea and land between Portland Harbour and Ringstead, described the sea conditions as "treacherous". | |
Mr Webb, 52, an electrician at HMP The Verne, Portland, said: "I thought he was at home in bed. He snuck out of the house. | |
"They just went out, just for fun. They were just having a prank. They just wanted to take it for a little row round and put it back. That was it." | |
He described how the boat was "swamped" in the rough sea and the boys, who are neighbours in Portland, were talking to each other and trying to stay together. | |
Kyle's family and rescuers are clinging to the hope he may have got to shore and be too embarrassed to come forward. | Kyle's family and rescuers are clinging to the hope he may have got to shore and be too embarrassed to come forward. |
In a statement, the family said: "Kyle is a well-liked boy and well known by everyone. | In a statement, the family said: "Kyle is a well-liked boy and well known by everyone. |
'Could not see' | |
"He is not in trouble, we just want to know that he is safe and well and for him to come home. | "He is not in trouble, we just want to know that he is safe and well and for him to come home. |
"We are devastated and are asking if anyone has any information at all to please, please contact the police or coastguard." | "We are devastated and are asking if anyone has any information at all to please, please contact the police or coastguard." |
Mr Webb said Richard was still "shook up" and would be off school for a while. | |
"It wasn't long after they got separated that Richard got picked up," he added. | |
"It was that dark I don't think they could really see. | |
"Richard is a good swimmer. He might be a stronger swimmer than Kyle." | |
Supt Darren Curtis, of Dorset Police, said sonar equipment was being used in a widened land search. | |
Pupils at Royal Manor Arts College, in Portland, where both boys were in Year 10, were being offered counselling. | |