As a 'massive' search for missing Jay Slater is prepared, the island of Tenerife fell silent

The search for missing teenager Jay Slater has resonated across the world. From people across the globe praying for the teenager’s safe return, to the emergency workers scouring treacherous regions in a bid to find him, to those who love Jay most pleading that he just comes home – this case has been filled with voices and confusion.

Saturday will see a ‘massive’ renewed search for Jay begin. The Civil Guard has issued a call to arms.

The police have urged all the emergency workers who have already been searching day and night for Jay to redouble their efforts, and has also asked for volunteers and experts in the type of territory and the area to come and help.

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But the afternoon before, as the twelfth day wore on, the major search sites all had one thing in common. They were quiet. The calm before the storm.

Only a slim number of police trucks and emergency vehicles were spotted at the two main search areas today. A small group of Asociacion Ayuda en Emergencias Anaga (AEA), which have been working closely with the Civil Guard and other authorities over the last 12 days, arrived just before 5pm in the Mirador La Cruz de Hilda area – which has been the epicentre of much of the searching.

When asked by the Manchester Evening News about whether tomorrow’s ‘massive search’ could bring renewed hopes or progress, emergency rescuers said ‘maybe, maybe not… we just don’t know’.

The group also told of how there were a handful of workers and police in Santiago del Tiede, another busy site for emergency workers in the west of Tenerife. There has also been some helicopter activity over the last day, with police