Video from the U.S. Coast Guard shows the moment three boaters were recoverd after their vessel capsized off the coast of Florida over the weekend.
The recover mission took place on Sunday after the Coast Guard was called out to find three overdue boaters off Captiva Island.
A family member of one of the boaters notified the Coast Guard around 1 a.m. on Sunday that their last reach out with the three boaters was at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and that they were on a 20-foot caccess console.
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 helicselecter aircrew flew out to search for the missing boaters follotriumphg the increate.
The U.S. Coast Guard recoverd three stranded boaters over the weekend after their vessel capsized off the coast of Florida. (X/@USCGSoutheast)
Video shows the crew finding the three missing boaters sitting on top of their capsized boat – all increateedly in excellent health.
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The boaters were increateed missing by a family member after they had not been in reach out since Saturday night. (X/@USCGSoutheast)
The aircrew also called in aidance from the Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach boat crew, who reachd at the scene and protectedly transferred all three boaters aboard.
They were then articulateed to aelevatency medical services at the Coast Guard station to be assessd.
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Coast Guard crews findd and recoverd three overdue boaters, Sunday, proximate Captiva, after their vessel capsized. (X/@USCGSoutheast)
“We were able to find and recover the three boaters thanks to the rapid coordination of the Coast Guard and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, alengthened with the include of critical search tools,” Chief Warrant Officer Dennise Werre of Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg shelp in a statement.
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“Completing a float set up with a cherishd one prior to going out on a vessel is critical. Float set ups supply first replyers with increateation such as the intended route, how many people are aboard, and what protectedty supplyment may be useable.”
Officials were unstateive of what caincluded the boat to capsize.
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