Agents of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescued this Saturday two people and their dog who were stranded about 90 miles from Hernando Beachin Florida, after his sailboat broke down.
The operation, which was publicized by social networkswas in charge of a helicopter from the Clearwater Air Station of the USCG, which rescued the couple and their pet with stable signs of health.
Although no further information was revealed about those rescued, it was specified that the security sector St. Petersburg Coast Guard received a digital selective call alert at approximately 11 a.m., and then proceeded to notify the Coast Guard.
According to him statement from USCGthe causes of the accident were the breaking of a porthole that allowed water to enter the boat, damaging some of the electronic components.
Last July, a man stranded in the mangroves of Anclote Islandwest of Florida, was rescued by the Coast Guard after his jet ski ran aground.
The crew of a helicopter USCG Air Station Clearwater He was able to extract the man alive from the dense vegetation.
The US Coast Guard frequently faces rescue operations, in many cases of irregular immigrants whose boats capsize near the coast of Florida or become stranded in its keys.
The most recent case was that of 34 Cubans who remained clinging to a boat which sank nine miles off the Florida Keys.
The incident occurred on Friday, November 10, when the immigrants were sighted by a boater who notified the authorities and remained at the scene until rescuers arrived.
The Cubans were around the sunken boat secured with some ropesand according to their first statements they had been at sea for at least two days.
