Hunter Kloewer
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Five people were stranded out off the Florida Keys after their boat sank. The people were treading water for 20 hours until the coast guard got to them, one of the people drowned(an 80 year-old woman), Before they could reach her. The rescue occurred on Sunday morning between Key Largo and Key West. There boat sank at about noon on Saturday. The older woman was with the others in the boat, but the Coast Guard said that she never surfaced. “Not all” of the boaters were able to wear a life jacket, to the coast guards report. A crew stationed at the coast guard’s marathon station brought the four rescued boaters to emergency medical staff ready for their arrival at the marina. They were helped by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is trying to find out what happened.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel assist one of the four boaters who were rescued Sunday near Florida.
The capsized boat the people had to flee.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/09/us/florida-boat-sinks/index.html?npt=NP1
http://www.local10.com/news/29435413/detail.html
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