PLAYED COLLEGE BASKETBALL AT UCF. ALL RIGHT. TAKE A LOOK UP AT YOUR SCREEN. NEW ON SUNRISE. WE’VE GOT THIS VOLUSIA COUNTY RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. YESTERDAY, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALONG WITH FIRE RESCUE, RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT THIS BOAT. IT WAS JUST SPINNING IN CIRCLES, GOING ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND ON LAKE DIAZ. THAT’S IN DELEON SPRINGS. THE MARINE UNIT SAYS WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY COULD SEE THE BOAT DRIVER WAS UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR OF THE VESSEL. THEY QUICKLY CAME UP WITH A PLAN SO THEY COULD STOP THE BOAT. AND THEN RESCUE THAT GUY ABOARD. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TOLD WESH TWO NEWS THE MA
Dramatic rescue: Unconscious man saved from spinning, out-of-control boat in Florida
Updated: 5:33 PM CST Feb 5, 2025
A man was rescued from an out-of-control boat Tuesday in Florida after he passed out, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. The sheriff’s office said it happened on Lake Dias in DeLeon Springs, Florida, which is around 47 miles outside of Orlando.Crews were able to get close enough for Volusia County Fire Rescue Acting Division Chief and Technical Rescue Deputy Team Leader John Kyp to jump on board, stop the boat and get the patient to shore for further treatment. The man is expected to make a full recovery, the sheriff’s office said.
A man was rescued from an out-of-control boat Tuesday in Florida after he passed out, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
The sheriff’s office said it happened on Lake Dias in DeLeon Springs, Florida, which is around 47 miles outside of Orlando.
Crews were able to get close enough for Volusia County Fire Rescue Acting Division Chief and Technical Rescue Deputy Team Leader John Kyp to jump on board, stop the boat and get the patient to shore for further treatment.
The man is expected to make a full recovery, the sheriff’s office said.
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