The search area will be expanded today as rescuers continue looking for a man lost during a crab hunt in Malojloj on Wednesday, Guam Fire Department spokesman Kevin Reilly said.

As of Friday morning, about 40 hours into the search for missing crab hunter Michael Guerrero, rescuers had found no clues about his whereabouts, Reilly said.

Firefighters, police, volunteers and family members combing the cliffs and shorelines and military helicopters hovered overhead as they looked for Guerrero.

The 45-year-old had been with two others from 1 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, but he was separated from the group as they headed back to the trailhead, Reilly said.

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GFD began the search shortly after the department got the call about Guerrero at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Reilly.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam coordinated with the fire department to dispatch U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, according to Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Stoltz.

Guam National Guard had a helicopter search from above on Thursday.

Twelve GFD rescuers, three of Guerrero's family and friends, four Guam Police Department Special Operations Division officers and seven volunteers searched the cliffline and shoreline Thursday until about 10 p.m., Reilly said.

On Friday, rescuers decided to expand their search area.

Family members, rescuers search trail

A couple of family members and one of the men who went hunting with Guerrero were with seven other rescuers on the ground searching the trail, Reilly said.

Tommy Guerrero, the missing man's older brother, said Michael Guerrero is the youngest of five siblings.

"He went hunting with his friends, but when I came back from work, he's missing," Tommy Guerrero said.

Standing in front of the entrance to the trail, Tommy Guerrero gestured toward trailhead and said, "I know he's still down there, someplace down there," Tommy Guerrero said.

Michael Guerrero is a father to nine children, Tommy Guerrero said.

He comes from a big family, and he and Michael have always gotten along, Tommy Guerrero said. "He's a good guy," he said.

Several family members were stationed by entrance to the trail, waiting, while searchers scanned inside the jungle.

The whir of helicopter was heard nearby.

Tommy Guerrero said Michael and his friends had been crab hunting in this area about nine other times before. "So, it's a surprise that he's missing right now," Tommy Guerrero said.

Family friend, Alfonso Merano, volunteered to help with the search in the afternoon. Although he hasn't been on a search before, he said he wanted to help.

"I go crabbing; I like the jungle. It's part of a CHamoru thing," he said. "Help each other."

Searchers are looking on land and the shoreline, in a two-square mile area from the spot where Michael Guerrero was last seen, according to Reilly.

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