A 25-year-old missing boater was rescued Saturday morning after aimlessly floating on his partially submerged boat 12 miles off the Florida coast for over 24 hours, the US Coast Guard said.
In a press release, the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Southeast district said that they began searching for Charles Gregory on Friday evening, after he was last seen leaving a boat ramp in St. Augustine, Florida, aboard a 12-foot Jon boat Thursday.
His family contacted officials after the experienced boater failed to return by nightfall.
The USCG, St. Augustine Police Department and other partner agencies used a HC-130 Hercules airplane, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and two response boats to search for the missing man in the Atlantic Ocean.
On Saturday morning, an HC-130 Hercules airplane aircrew spotted Gregory sitting in his partially submerged Jon boat.
Video released by USCG shows Gregory sitting in the center of the small boat with his feet submerged in the water, as the boat bobbed up and down in the waves.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/06/florida-man-charles-gregory-rescued-on-semi-submerged-boat-us-coast-guard-after-24-hour-search/
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