LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. (WSVN) — The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located a man and woman who had gone missing at sea off the Florida Keys, Thursday.
According to Coast Guard officials, crews located the boaters a mile north of Lower Matecumbe Key.
Officials said they had received a report of an unmanned vessel adrift with a swim ladder in the down position, just before 5:30 p.m., indicating they were in the water without personal flotation devices.
FWC vessels and a Coast Guard helicopter located both of them just after 7:20 p.m.
.@USCG and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rescued two people from the water today. Read more here https://t.co/1xmN4eYgp8 pic.twitter.com/1HPm5C3aYA
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The boaters were taken to emergency medical services at the Coast Guard Sea Base Station.
Their rented vessel was later towed to a nearby marina.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search and rescue efforts.
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