SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) – Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and Sarasota Fire Rescue rescued a man whose boat overturned in the Gulf of Mexico.
Coast Guard officials said in a news release they received a call late Wednesday stating that 55-year-old Jay Connelly had not returned from a trip on his 16-foot (4.8-meter) boat.
A Jayhawk helicopter crew and a response boat crew began searching for Connelly. The fire rescue crew spotted him some 5 miles (8 kilometers) off the Florida Gulf Coast.
Connelly was brought to shore. He suffered no injuries.
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