Hurricane Milton: US Coast Guard rescues man clinging to ice chest in Gulf of Mexico

The man was aboard a fishing vessel that became disabled off Madeira Beach, Florida, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, a Coast Guard press officer says. The man was able to radio the Coast Guard in nearby St Petersburg before contact was lost
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[@Ali-iqq1z]

Incredibly lucky he was rescued and seemingly ok. What are the odds of been spotted out at sea like this? Wow.

[@odurthomasmande1723]

What a lucky guy, hope he is feeling better now.
Thanks to the Coast Guards, especially the pilot, may they be blessed and happy always.

[@AidenGajda-io7ch]

Wow . Never expected this !

[@Inyourhideyhole]

Same

[@amonra3725]

just imagine how frightened he must have been. I'm so glad he was rescued. Thank you 😘

[@luvlabso130]

Thank you coast guard 🙏

[@davepatterson9971]

Wow. Well done coast guard.
Very lucky man

[@Michael-td3gz]

30 miles out!!

[@yadira.m]

Crazy. He’s very lucky they found him 🙏🏽

[@duckweathermcoc8731]

I’d think it’s safe to say his boat is a brand new reef

[@JohnMcMahon.]

This magical. He must’ve been terrified.

[@BlindHatchet]

A man was seen frantically waving his arms and floating on a cooler more than 30 miles from shore. When the Coast Guard approached, the man yelled out "Do you have a bottle opener??".

[@Batters56]

He’s both done really well and somethings gone really really wrong. When I saw the story I was thinking he’s been washed out to sea from the shore.
But being from even a small fishing boat he should have a life jacket and life raft.

[@lauraswihart4816]

Tough rescue & fisherman! ⛵

[@frankiefresh6937]

Shocked how they found him out there

[@FreeToLove999]

💙💙💙🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👍🏾🤟🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@rorschach5184]

The gulf has some big sharks most are small but they can get the rare great white but mostly hammerheads that are around 10 feet usually he got really lucky

[@davis_8082]

sharks usually dont attack people. We have been led to believe through films and media reports but shark attacks are very uncommon. usually they mistake surfboards for seals from below.

[@BlackBerryDiamond1]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nativepride101]

What kind of ice chest?.
Cooler?
Lol asking for a friend

[@rtyughvbn12]

This isn't spring break!

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Luck!!

[@EricOconnell-j5r]

Lucky him...

[@jcdmv8320]

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