U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jayme Pastoric
- Two Navy SEALs are missing after one fell into the water near Somalia on January 11.
- Search-and-rescue operations are still ongoing, a defense official told BI on Friday.
- Reports say the pair were boarding a vessel when one fell, and the other jumped in to help.
Two Navy SEALs remain missing off the coast of Somalia after one fell into the water during a nighttime mission on January 11.
The pair were climbing aboard a vessel while on a mission in the Gulf of Aden when high waves knocked one into the sea, the AP reported.
The second SEAL jumped in after him as part of Navy SEAL protocol to help a comrade in danger, the report said, and they both vanished.