Families of missing North Wales Fishermen launch desperate bid to bring loved ones home
Fundraising's underway for specialist underwater teams to help locate the three men
Last updated 4th Mar 2021
The families of three North Wales fishermen missing at sea are launching a desperate bid to bring their loved ones home.
Carl McGrath, Alan Minard and Ross Ballantine disappeared off the Conwy coast more than a month ago.
Now, the families of the three men are raising money to fund a private search by the team who found the body of Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala, whose plane crashed into the sea 2 years ago.
Alan's mum Rebekah has been telling us she just wants her son back...
Rebekah said:
"When they told us they were calling off the search at the end of the second day it felt like my whole world fell down.
"I can't express how much if we could bring Ross, Carl and Alan home so they could be laid to rest and we could have somewhere to go and lay our flowers and speak to them becuase at the moment we just look out to see and look what's happened."
"There's still the tiniest shred of hope and that hope and that hope can be soul destroying sometimes because it makes us unable to grieve and to accept the loss of our family members"
Fundraising has passed £20,000. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/findthenicolafaith