On Wednesday, the Coast Guard ended the search for the 33 crew members missing from a United States cargo ship that sunk during Hurricane Joaquin, according to MSN.
As previously reported by HNGN, the El Faro sent out a distress signal after it had made contact with the hurricane, but contact with the ship was lost, leading many to believe that the cargo ship sank near the Bahamas.
The search, which spanned tens of thousands of miles, only resulted in the retrieval of one unidentified body, according to the Times Daily.
It was found in a survival suit with a "heavily damaged" lifeboat.
The end of the search, called by Petty Officer Mark Barney, was tough news for the families and loved ones of the missing crew.
"Any decision to suspend a search is painful," said a Coast Guard member. "They did all they could."
"The ship went down. And there's no questioning the outcome of that. The ship has gone down, took everybody with it. There's really no speculation to be made," said a family member of one of the crew members.
President Obama said that the ship's sinking would receive a full investigation and that the loved ones of the missing crew "deserve answers," according to ABC News.
