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Survivors speak from hospital after Clearwater boat rescue

Survivors speak from hospital after Clearwater boat rescue
Boat rescue Clearwater
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Survivors of a boat rescue in Clearwater spoke about the experience.

The U.S. Coast Guard successfully located four missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip on Monday.

Watch the report from Wendy Ryan

Survivors speak from hospital after Clearwater boat rescue

On Nov. 25 officials found all four occupants alive.

The City of Clearwater said the four missing boaters, from Polk County, left from the Seminole Street Boat Ramp at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 24 in a 25-foot green-and-white catamaran called "Money Well Wasted."

The missing boaters have been identified as 70-year-old Dennis Woods, 90-year-old Clarence Woods, 42-year-old Cris Harding Sr., and 18-year-old Cris Harding Jr.

The future of Rays baseball in St. Pete has businesses taking it game by game

"It's gonna be probably a 30% difference of more customers, and that's a big difference for small businesses," said Bill Georgiou has owned The Burg Bar & Grill on Central Avenue for 17 years.

The future of Rays baseball in St. Pete has businesses taking it game by game