{"id":113682,"date":"2026-01-11T01:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113682\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:25:08","slug":"fort-myers-rescue-saves-two-after-car-plunges-into-pond-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113682\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers rescue saves two after car plunges into pond | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS &#8211; A dramatic rescue unfolded when a vehicle plunged into a retention pond off I-75 Exit 136. South Trail Fire &amp; Rescue responded to the single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p>Both occupants managed to escape the sinking vehicle and took refuge on top of it, as they were unable to swim.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams, including Squad 63 and Battalion Chief 60, deployed a rescue swimmer equipped with a life jacket and a rescue board to assist the pair safely to shore.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Fort Myers Fire Department also aided in the rescue, ensuring both individuals were safely brought to land.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were then transferred to Lee County Emergency Medical Services for patient care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS &#8211; A dramatic rescue unfolded when a vehicle plunged into a retention pond off I-75 Exit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[57687,209,211,210,897,19112,723,57688,16514],"class_list":{"0":"post-113682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-battalion-chief","9":"tag-cape-coral","10":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","11":"tag-cape-coral-news","12":"tag-fort-myers","13":"tag-fort-myers-fire-department","14":"tag-rescue","15":"tag-rescue-swimmer","16":"tag-search-and-rescue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}