WEST BROWARD, FLA. (WSVN) - Crews came to the rescue of an airboater who got stranded in the middle of the Everglades, Saturday evening.

7News cameras captured the airboater as he was embraced by friends, moments after making it safely to shore.

Officials said the boater ran out of fuel approximately one mile south of Interstate 75, at mile marker 41.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to the call.

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