Pamlico County Sheriffs joined with the Marines and the Coast Guard in their search to find a missing teen.
The Coast Guard was alerted at 6:30 this morning and was told that a teen went missing in the Neuse River near Oriental.
Three teens were out on a jet ski and only two had life jackets.
While they were swimming the teen without a life jacket was struggling.
The other two teens tried to get a life jacket to the struggling teen -- then the teen went under and did not come back up.
A rescue boat -- along with a Marine Corps helicopter crew and the Pamlico County Sheriff marine patrol boat are continuing their search.
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