Holding Out Hope For Missing Shrimper

The family of a missing Irvington man is holding out hope that he'll come home soon. The shrimper was last seen Sunday evening aboard a commercial ship, near South Pass, Louisiana.
The U.S. Coast Guard began searching early Wednesday morning, but called off the search after less than 72 hours.
Tonight, family and friends of Joe McCartan held a candlelight vigil for the fisherman at the Alabama State docks in Bayou La Batre. Family members say they're not going to stop searching, until he is found.

Jean Turner says she can no longer hold back her tears, as she waits for any word about her missing son. "I'm filled with so many emotions that I just don't know which one to deal with..but he was my son and Ioved him,"Said the fisherman's mother.
She says while her family is disappointed that the Coast Guard had to call off the search for her son, Joe McCartan, 34, what is even more upsetting is to know that he was not alone, there was also a captain and another crew member aboard the ship.
"That's probably the worst part in the anger I feel to know that he was out there, but that they were responsible for his life and they don't even know what happened to him,"Said Turner to News Five.
While McCartan's family tries to stay positive, his Aunt Mary Gordon says they are not going to stop searching for the father of three, until they get answers.
"After the Coast Guard had called the search off, my sister, she was ready to cash out everything that she has along with the rest of us because that is her son...and our love,"Said Gordon.

Family members tell us they were in the process of getting a boat to take out and continue the search, when they found help.
McCartan's mother says the Sheriff's Flotilla and around 300 other volunteers have resumed the search near South Pass, Louisiana.