Shot 07/07/2011.## "THIS MAP GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OUR SEARCH, BASICALLY WE STARTED HERE AT PUNTA SANTA YSABEL. IT’S 20 X 40 MILES AND WE ARE DOING WHAT'S CALLED A LADDER SEARCH, WHICH MEANS WE ARE GOING UP AND DOWN THIS ENTIRE AREA COVERING ALL THE ISLANDS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. " MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD LOWERED THE BACK END OF THIS C-130 AIRCRAFT FOR UP TO SIX HOURS TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND ANY SIGNS OF THE SEVEN MISSING FISHERMAN.   THEY FLEW TWO HOURS FROM SACRAMENTO TO LOOK FOR LIFE VESTS, SPLASHING WATER, AND DEBRIS IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ. -nats- going over right now (radar) . THE C-130 MADE SEVERAL TURNS, AND THE COAST GUARD ON BOARD CHECKED EVERY SINGLE ITEM THEY FOUND ON THE SEARCH. Sot- WE DID FIND A LOT OF DEBRIS TODAY IN THE WATER, WE FOUND A LIFE RAFT, WITH A LINE ATTACHED TO IT. WHEN WE CIRCLED AROUND BACK WE DROPPED A SMOKE FLARE ON THAT, SO WE COULD COME BACK AND FIND IT. THE MEXICAN NAVY WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY VERIFIED IT WAS A RAFT FROM THE ERIC, THE VESSEL THAT CAPSIZED SUNDAY MORNING. DANIEL JONES WITH THE SACRAMENTO COAST GUARD SAID THE CALM WINDS WERE OPTIMAL FOR THE SEARCH. AND WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT SHARKS?HE SAID THEY WERE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE THREAT. SO FAR THEY'VE SEARCHED 14 HUNDRED MILES OF OCAN AND LAND-AND FLYING OVER YOU CAN SEE THESE ISLANDS ARE UNINHABITED. FRIDAY ANOTHER CREW WILL RETURN TO CONDUCT ANOTHER SEARCH. ALEJANDRA CERBALL, KRON 4 NEWS. {{ PAM / RP }} THE SEARCH FOR THE SEVEN AMERICAN TOURISTS MISSING IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. IT HAS BEEN DAYS NOW... SINCE THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED AFTER IT WAS HIT BY TWO STRONG WAVES.. KRON 4'S ALEJANDRA CERBALL GOT SPECIAL ACCESS INSIDE THE coast guards' C-130 HERCULES TODAY.. SHE SHOWS US THE AREAS COVERED IN THE SEARCH. {{PKG}}##