The U.S. Coast Guard heightens operations along the Rio Grande in search of illegal crossings, illicit activity The Coast Guard on Saturday said it was still searching for three passengers, including an adult and two children, after a boat capsized on the St.
Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida , near Goat Island, leaving one person dead. Around 7 p.m.
Friday, Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville received an alert of a capsized 18-foot vessel with four people atop the overturned boat and four others trapped underneath. The four people on top of the boat were rescued. None of the passengers were wearing life jackets, the Coast Guard said.
US COAST GUARD RESCUES 3 AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES OFF FLORIDA COAST: VIDEO A Coast Guard member scans the St. Johns River Saturday for three missing boaters after their boat overturned in Jacksonville, Fla. (U.
S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard launched a rescue boat and helicopter crew, and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assisted in the search. "The four people on top of the vessel were rescued by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office marine unit, and one person was recovered from the water unresponsive," the agency said in a news release Saturday.
"A Coast Guard Station Mayport rescue surface swimmer attempted to contact the people reportedly underneath the vessel but received no responses. "Divers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office searched un.
