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Search Resumes for Two Men Missing From Capsized Boat

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POINT OF ROCKS, Md. (AP) - Officials are searching for two men who they say went missing when their boat capsized in the Potomac River in Frederick County.

Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says 62-year-old Lawrence Walter Grey Jr. of Brunswick and 51-year-old Robert Evonne Lee of Frederick left to go fishing around 5 a.m. Sunday near the Point of Rocks at the Virginia border.

Hours later someone reported seeing the men in distress.

Thomson says the capsized boat was found.

Crews searched for the two men all day Sunday, suspending efforts that evening.

Officials say the search will resume Monday morning.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.