PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A boater was rescued by the U. S. Coast Guard near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge early Saturday morning following the capsizing of his 15-foot vessel.
A 911 call at 7:34 a.m. notified the Coast Guard Sector that the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue team were responding to reports of a distressed boater.
The USCG crew located and retrieved the boater from waters near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge shortly before 8 a.m. and transferred him to the St. Petersburg Fire Rescue boat crew.
The boater was uninjured and is now working with commercial salvage to recover the vessel.
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