{"id":206681,"date":"2026-03-26T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:50:32","slug":"bodycam-shows-boaters-assisting-before-deputies-save-11-after-pontoon-overturns-near-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206681\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam shows boaters assisting before deputies save 11 after pontoon overturns near beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Bodycam video<\/a> captures the moment 11 people were rescued Tuesday afternoon after a pontoon boat overturned near Fort Myers Beach.<\/p>\n

The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office <\/a>said that deputies with the LCSO Marine Unit were dispatched around 2:10 p.m. and arrived within three minutes of the emergency call. When they reached the scene, they found the pontoon boat flipped in the water with all 11 occupants already in distress.<\/p>\n

Authorities said several nearby boaters jumped into action before deputies arrived, helping keep passengers safe until the Marine Unit could take over. <\/p>\n

“You got one. So that’s five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. All right, come in here,” the deputy said on bodycam video. <\/p>\n

On March 25, 2026, the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Marine Unit rescued 11 people after their pontoon boat overturned near Fort Myers Beach when a large wave and high winds caused it to capsize. (LCSO)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With the combined effort of deputies and good Samaritans, all 11 people were pulled from the water, according to LCSO. <\/p>\n

See also: Police: Vero Beach double homicide stemmed from affair, marital breakup; suspect at large<\/a><\/p>\n

Two passengers suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The sheriff\u2019s office said the boat overturned after being hit by a large wave during a period of high winds. The damaged vessel was later towed from the area.<\/p>\n

Deputies credited the quick response and the fast actions of nearby boaters for preventing more serious injuries. The incident remains under review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Bodycam video captures the moment 11 people were rescued Tuesday afternoon after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-206681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206681","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=206681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}