Fishing Boat Rescues Capsized Boaters Clinging to Debris in Ocean

Five people were rescued after their boat capsized 22 miles west of the Anclote Key off Florida’s west coast, on June 29. A passenger on a charter fishing boat heard an urgent request for help over the radio and responded to the call. A Coast Guard plane on a training flight spotted the boaters clinging to debris, prompting them to send out the Urgent Marine Information Broadcast that was picked up by the Tarpon Springs boat that responded. The rescued boaters where later transferred to a Coast Guard vessel and taken to shore. Credit: PO2 Ashley Johnson via Storyful

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