The Coast Guard reunited a family Tuesday morning after a mother went missing while paddleboarding in Florida.
A family's paddleboarding outing in Florida took a terrifying turn on Tuesday. A mother was with her family off of Cedar Key when a thunderstorm kicked up, according to a U.S. Coast Guard press release. The Coast Guard Sector Petersburg was contacted by Levy County Sheriff's Office dispatch at 10:41 a.m.
The missing mother was located by authorities around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Soon afterward, she was reunited with her husband and child. The family was taken by boat to Cedar Key Boat Ramp. 'We were scanning the water with binoculars when we spotted the bright orange life jacket she was wearing,' Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Knight said in the Coast Guard release.
She appeared to be exhausted from paddling against the weather and once she saw us she waved her paddle in the air and started calling for help,' Knight added. Capt. Michael P. Kahle, commander of Sector St. Petersburg, praised the rescue, saying, 'Regardless of their assigned task Coast Guard crews are always ready to save mariners at sea.
Kahle added, 'I want to thank our Coast Guard men and women conducting aids to navigation duties nationwide, and I’m glad that our crews were able to reunite this mother with her husband and child.'
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