News 6 has learned two of the 33 crew members of the El Faro ship that sunk off of the coast of Florida in Hurricane Joaquin were from Central Florida.
Louis Champa, of Palm Coast, and German Solar-Cortes, of Orlando, were two of the 28 Americans that were on board the El Faro. Five Polish nationals were also on the ship.
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Coast Guard search crews believe the ship sank Thursday off Crooked Island in the Bahamas as it passed near the center of Hurricane Joaquin.
At a joint press conference between the National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said it was a painful decision, but the search for survivors of the El Faro had to be suspended.
President Obama released a statement Wednesday night asking God to bless the men and women of the El Faro and to comfort their families.
The Coast Guard released a full list of the crew of SS El Faro Wednesday that was provided by TOTE Maritime:
Louis Champa - Palm Coast, Florida
Roosevelt Clark - Jacksonville, Florida
Sylvester Crawford Jr. - Lawrenceville, Georgia
Michael Davidson - Windham, Maine
Brookie Davis - Jacksonville, Florida
Keith Griffin - Fort Myers, Florida
Frank Hamm - Jacksonville, Florida
Joe Hargrove - Orange Park, Florida
Carey Hatch - Jacksonville, Florida
Michael Holland - North Wilton, Maine
Jack Jackson - Jacksonville, Florida
Jackie Jones, Jr. - Jacksonville, Florida
Lonnie Jordan - Jacksonville, Florida
Piotr Krause - Poland
Mitchell Kuflik - Brooklyn, New York
Roan Lightfoot - Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Jeffrey Mathias - Kingston, Massachusetts
Dylan Meklin - Rockland, Maine
Marcin Nita - Poland
Jan Podgorski - Poland
James Porter - Jacksonville, Florida
Richard Pusatere - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Theodore Quammie - Jacksonville, Florida
Danielle Randolph - Rockland, Massachusetts
Jeremie Riehm - Camden, Delaware
Lashawn Rivera - Jacksonville, Florida
Howard Schoenly - Cape Coral, Florida
Steven Shultz - Roan Mountain, Tennessee
German Solar-Cortes - Orlando, Florida
Anthony Thomas - Jacksonville, Florida
Andrzej Truszkowski - Poland
Mariette Wright - St. Augustine, Florida
Rafal Zdobych - Poland