Florida drifter saved

[DandyDon]

The current headline is simply incorrect as it was a non-service boater who found him, not the Coasties...

Coast Guard finds missing diver 32 miles west of Egmont Key, Fla. | APMA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard located a missing diver 32 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Saturday.

At 4:07 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg recieved report of a missing diver, via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16, from the captain of the 21-foot boat, Out of Control, from Bradenton, Florida.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a C-130 Hercules fixed-winged aircrew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, were diverted, and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station St. Petersburg was launched.

At 6:05 p.m. a Good Samaritan located the diver after responding to an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast sent by the sector via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16. The RB-M boatcrew is transporting the diver to the station. There were no reported injuries.

 

[PeterNBiddle]

The current headline is simply incorrect as it was a non-service boater who found him, not the Coasties...

Do you have the deets on that? Whomever found him deserves credit!

 

[DandyDon]

Do you have the deets on that? Whomever found him deserves credit!

The article didn't say, and that's all I have - unknown hero who heard the channel 16 broadcast. I bet he was happy to have found him.