A search is underway for a couple from Arizona who disappeared while kayaking in Mexico for Thanksgiving, authorities said.
Corey Allen and his wife, Yeon-Soo Kim, of Flagstaff, were kayaking with their teenage daughter around 1 p.m. Thursday in Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, Mexico, as the wind began to pick up, family and friends spoke. Allen helped their daughter back to shore and is believed to have returned for Kim before the couple went missing.
Mexican authorities tweeted that the search was ongoing for the two Americans, along with a photo of the couple.
“The Civil Defense of Sonora maintains coordination with the Secretary of the Navy and municipal authorities in the search for two people of American origin who disappeared in Puerto Peñasco after a kayaking trip,” the statement said.
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Corey Allen and Yeon-Soo Kim of Flagstaff, Arizona, went missing while kayaking in Rocky Point, Mexico, on Thanksgiving Day, friends and authorities said.
(Sonora Civil Defense)
“The search will be reinforced by reconnaissance flights by the Navy and by ground from the Secretary of Public Safety and the Municipal Authorities of Puerto Peñasco,” the agency wrote in a follow-up tweet.
Flagstaff police said FOX10 Phoenix that he is aware of reports of the missing couple but has no direct information about the search.
A partial view of the beach at Puerto Peñasco in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
(Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images, file)
Shelly Thomas, a close friend of the couple, told the channel that Allen and Kim are “great friends and great parents” who are an important part of Flagstaff community.
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“We pray that they are found alive and returned to the children who love them and depend on them,” Thomas said.
Allen is a real estate agent and Kim is a forestry professor at Northern Arizona University, according to AZ Family. The couple reportedly have two teenage children.
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Rocky Point is a popular vacation spot for Arizonans and is located near a four hours from Phoenix.
