BULLOCH COUNTY, Ga. () — The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has announced two missing boaters were recovered by private citizens Sunday morning.

BCSO shared on Facebook that on Saturday, April 12, at approximately 9:08 p.m., they received reports of two missing 19-year-olds on the Ogeechee River. Both were supposed to return to the River Retreat boat ramp that afternoon but never arrived, and all attempts to contact them by phone were unsuccessful.

Private citizens searched the area between the River Retreat boat ramp and GoBar Landing. BCSO and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded with vessels, and the Georgia State Patrol Aviation Unit responded from Perry, Ga., to assist in the search.

At approximately 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 13, the two individuals were located and returned to the boat ramp safely and without injury.