Three people, including a 9-year-old, who went missing while boating off the coast of Florida over the weekend were found dead Monday, along with one survivor.
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Coast Guard crews and local authorities are searching between Folly Island and the lighthouse. The initial report stated the two departed Folly Beach at approximately 1 p.m., and planned to kayak to Morris Island Lighthouse.
– It started out as a picturesque Sunday afternoon on the water.
A line of bearing was received when the transmission was first received placing the line across the Isle of Shoals. “It’s a big ocean, very unforgiving ocean – very hard conditions for everyone”, Ryan said.
During a news conference Monday, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said Stewart told investigators that he swam to shore and then passed out.
Palm Beach County sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said one of the missing boaters is a deputy with the department, but she did not release the person’s name.
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Today, Karlin is exhausted but overwhelmingly grateful to her newfound heroes, the U.S. Coast Guard. Eric Watson. Brown was clinging to a waterlogged kayak a few miles from land and was taken aboard a sheriff’s office vessel, Watson said.
