Officials rescue man floating on cooler off Florida coast after Hurricane Milton

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Officials rescue man floating on cooler off Florida coast after Hurricane Milton
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The U.S. Coast Guard said the man was found 30 miles off Florida's Gulf Coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the man was found 30 miles off Florida's Gulf Coast.U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami 65 helicopter crew rescued a man clinging to a cooler approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key, Fla., Oct. 9, 2024.A man who was found floating dozens of miles off of Florida's Gulf Coast while clinging to a cooler to keep him afloat, was rescued Thursday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami 65 helicopter crew rescued a man clinging to a cooler approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key, Fla., Oct. 9, 2024.The coast guard said they had been in contact with the man Wednesday night, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, but that they had lost contact with him at 6:45 p.m. ET.

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