The US Coastguard has resumed the search for a yacht that is thought to have capsized with four Britons on board.
News emerged of the decision after more than 150,000 people signed an online petition, demanding the hunt was relaunched.
The search for the missing Cheeki Rafiki, which ran into difficulties in the Atlantic Ocean, around 620 miles (1,000km) east of Cape Cod, was called off after 53 hours.
An overturned hull of a yacht matching the description of the vessel was spotted and photographed by a cargo ship assisting the search.
And the families of the four yachtsmen - Andrew Bridge, Steve Warren, James Male and Paul Goslin - insist they would have had time to escape onto a life raft.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "My thanks to the US Coastguard, which has resumed its search for our missing yachtsmen."
It has also been confirmed that Foreign Office minister Hugh Robertson and representatives of the US Coastguard are due to meet relatives of the four men.
Mr Warren's sister, Kay Coombes, told Sky News: "I was on the phone to the US Coastguard and I was quite firm with them and asked to speak to somebody that could help me (and who I could ask) why they weren't searching.
"I was put on hold for a few minutes and they came back to say they had decided to start searching again.
"They said to me a plane would be in the air within the hour and also that they were also talking to the air force and the Canadians to see what resources they could spare.
"People-power has been amazing. We've moved a mountain today."
Mr Bridge's grandmother, Valerie, said: "We are delighted. It is at least something and that is all we were asking for, all we wanted was another search.
"It might not come to anything but people want them to do it and they are trying. It seemed too quick, just two days and we were saying 'if only they could do it (search) for a bit longer'. You never know what could happen."
The Foreign Office welcomed the decision and said: "We are very grateful for the extensive efforts the US have made to date but we wanted to make sure that absolutely all options were being explored."
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