Coast Guard rescues lost divers off Anclote Key in Florida

[KevinNM]

Coast Guard rescues lost divers off Anclote Key in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two lost divers about 20 miles off Anclone Key in Florida after they resurfaced and were unable to locate their boat.

Lessons:
1: don't leave your boat unattended (or so it is implied)
2: have some sort of effective way of summoning help.

 

[DogDiver]

Darwin at work again.

 

[gr8jab]

Wonder if it was a Nautilus Lifeline that saved them...

 

[AfterDark]

Darwin at work again.

Darwin interrupted.

 

[CuzzA]

The report I heard on the local news was they used a handheld vhf radio, so I presume it was a Nautilus.

I guess if you're going to leave your boat unattended, which is stupid, at least carry SAR equipment.

 

[SCRedWolf]

Lessons:
1: don't leave your boat unattended (or so it is implied)

Since you mentioned it I can't find any reference to whether or not they did leave a boat operator behind and simply couldn't get back together or they did the stupid thing and left the boat unattended. The Coasties praised them for having safety and comm gear with them and I would have expected them to chastise the divers if the boat was unattended. After all, these days just because something is incredibly stupid doesn't mean "it goes without saying..."

 

[KathyV]

It sounds like they left the boat unattended. This article says that they surfaced and couldn't find their boat but the coast guard located the boat for them.

Coast Guard rescues lost divers off Anclote Key in Florida | Various | upi

 

[SCRedWolf]

It sounds like they left the boat unattended. This article says that they surfaced and couldn't find their boat but the coast guard located the boat for them.

Coast Guard rescues lost divers off Anclote Key in Florida | Various | upi

I agree. You'd think the Coast Guard would take the time to tell folks not to do that although they shouldn't have to because who's stupid enough to leave their boat unattended on the open ocean? (Cut to a video clip of Arnold Horshack raising his hand going "OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH!"

 

[jonbuchholtz]

Apparently they did leave their boat and yes it was the nautilus.

Two divers rescued off Anclote Key

 

[iamrushman]

every now and again we have a good ending...