Rebekah Cooper

Rebekah Cooper is the wife of National Football League player Marquis Cooper, who played for the team Oakland Raiders.

Marquis Cooper was reported missing on March 1, 2009, together with Detroit Lions player Corey Smith and two other men. The men were reported missing when they did not return from a fishing trip.CNN: 2 NFL players among boaters missing in Florida (March 2, 2009) On March 2, 2009, Nick Schuyler, one of the passengers, was found alive, clinging to the overturned boat, but the other men have not been found.Fox Sports: Report: NFL player's boat found; at least 1 survivor (March 2, 2009) Tampa Bay Online: Coast Guard finds one man clinging to boat (March 2, 2009) The U.S. Coast Guard called off the search at 6:30 p.m. on March 3, 2009, saying that if they were alive, they would have been found by then.The Seattle Times: Father: Coast Guard Losing Hope of Finding Players On March 4, 2009, the families of the football players continued the search independently using two or three charter boats from the Florida Gulf marina.News & Observer: Boats with families of missing men searching Gulf

Schuyler later told police that Cooper had given up hope of being rescued after a few hours and took of his life jacket before drifting off to sea.FOXNews.com: Florida Boat Accident Survivor: 2 NFL Players Gave Up Hope

Disappearance of Marquis Cooper

Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith and former University of South Florida football players William Bleakley and Nick Schuyler were reported missing on March 1, 2009, after they did not return on a fishing trip they started the day before off Clearwater, Florida. The weather was calm in the early day, but storm resulted in heavy waves later in the night.ABC 15: Son of Phoenix TV anchor among 4 missing off Florida coast (March 2, 2009)