2 Kayakers Pulled From Sea Found Dead, Coast Guard Says
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- The Coast Guard says two kayakers who went missing while paddling in Maine's Casco Bay are dead.
Officials said 18-year-old Irena McEntee and 20-year-old Carissa Ireland were unresponsive when they were found Monday morning, three miles off Cape Elizabeth. Coast Guard Cmdr.
Brian Downey confirmed they're dead.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The women's kayaks were found Sunday after they had attempted to paddle from Peaks Island to Ram Island, a distance of about a mile. The water temperature is between 46 and 48 degrees.
Tom Hawley from the National Weather Service says there was a small craft advisory in effect at the time. He says there were sustained winds of 22 mph.