The man became stranded after his ship broke down returning to port.
A video grab taken from footage released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 11, 2024, shows a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew rescuing a man, on Oct. 10, approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key, Florida, following Hurricane Milton.When Coast Guard pilot Lt. Ian Logan went out to search the waters off Longboat Key in the wake ofTo all of their surprise, he and his crew found"We thought it might've been a buoy," Logan said.
The man contacted the Coast Guard, hoping for help. But weather conditions had already started to deteriorate as Milton approached Florida's west coast, and the Coast Guard said it instructed him to put on a life jacket and "stay with the vessel's emergency position indicating radio beacon." The Coast Guard said it then lost contact with the man at 6:45 p.m. ET Wednesday.
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