Fund raiser held for missing snowboarders

AND FRIENDS ARE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR TWO MISSING ALBUQUERQUE SNOWBOARDERS 27-YEAR-OLDS KYL...  More »

AND FRIENDS ARE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR TWO MISSING ALBUQUERQUE SNOWBOARDERS 27-YEAR-OLDS KYLE KERSCHEN AND MICHAEL GEORGE DISAPPEARED FROM THE WOLF CREEK SKI AREA NEARLY THREE WEEKS AGO. JEFF MAHER IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH OUR TOP STORY. THE FUNDRAISER IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE CAROM CLUB - THEN IT WILL MOVE TO THE LAUNCHPAD AT 6TH AND CENTRAL - AND IT'S BEING ORGANIZED BY A STRANGER WHO SAID SHE JUST HAD TO HELP. 'I think everyone wants to keep hope because - nobody wants to believe that it's true - that they're missing'PEOPLE HERE AT THE CAROM CLUB SAY THERE'S GOOD REASON NOT TO GIVE UP HOPE FOR MICHAEL GEORGE AND KYLE KERSCHEN. 'you know, anything is possible' AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF LOOKING FOR THE TWO - AUTHORITIES SCALED BACK THEIR SEARCH. THAT'S WHEN A LOCAL MUSICIAN, WHO NEVER KNEW THE MEN OR THEIR FAMILIES - DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 'i'm a mom, and when I was watching this on television, it was just tugging at my heart strings' CISSY RIDER ORGANIZED THIS FUNDRAISER AT THE CAROM CLUB. A SILENT AUCTION AIMED AT GETTING THE SEARCHERS BACK IN ACTION. 'we're looking to raise money to help with the search efforts to get a helicopter, to pay for the fuel, to pay for the trackers, the dogs, the lodging for the trackers, anything to find these boys' FRIENDS OF KERSCHEN AND GEORGE ALSO REFUSE TO GIVE UP HOPE. 'I just know if people have enough hope and keep michael and kyle in their prayers that they'll be found alive''they were an inspiration and good people, they would want us to keep fighting, that's what we'll do' ALREADY FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT TICKETS FOR THE FUNDRAISER. THE FUNDRAISER GOES UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. JEFF MAHER. EYEWITNESS  « Less