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According to police, the men who are not related, were out at sea when their the vessel capsized in rough waters.

Reports are that boat captain Arnold and Ricky boarded the vessel shortly after 11 am on Tuesday. The men left their homes to retrieve their drift nets in the sea off Icacos.

Families of both fishermen have since hosted prayer services at their homes and are hopeful that the men would be found alive.

Arnold is a father of four and has been fishing for the last 33 years.

His wife Sharda Beharry said that the family would not give up the search for the fishermen.

“I have not been able to sleep for the past nights.

My husband is out there and not with his family, his children are crying every minute, they miss their father.

“I am really hoping and praying that there is some miracle and he is alive and just waiting to be rescued,” she told Newsday. Sharda said that she last saw her husband when he left home Tuesday morning. “He told me ‘goodbye’, but I did not know I would be really saying goodbye to him, but my faith is still strong. The only thing that is keeping me together is the hope that he is some how alive somewhere and will be reunited with his family,” the emotional woman said.

e said Arnold is a hard working man. “He worked from morning to night to provide for his family and he was always careful in the sea waters, I cant believe this is happening to us,” the mother of four said.

She said that Arnold and Stephen would always go together to fish in the sea.

“They were good friends and looked out for each other. My husband was like a son to Stephen,” she said. Also speaking to Newsday, Stephen’s father, Ricky Beharry said that he was also hopeful that his son was alive. “This is the hope I have and believe and I wish it is true and I can see my son alive again and hug him,” he said.