{"id":212040,"date":"2026-03-30T19:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212040\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:16:13","slug":"7-rescued-from-boat-taking-on-water-in-florida-river-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212040\/","title":{"rendered":"7 rescued from boat taking on water in Florida river \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT RICHEY, Fla. \u2014 Seven people were rescued after the boat they were traveling in took on water in a channel near the mouth of a west-central Florida river on Sunday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

According to a Facebook post<\/a> by the Port Richey Fire Department, crews responded to a report of a vessel taking on water near the entrance of the Pithlachascotee River channel. <\/p>\n

Crews arriving discovered five adults and two children in the vessel, WFLA<\/a> reported. All seven people were wearing life jackets, according to the television station.<\/p>\n

The lifejackets \u201cplayed a critical role in their safety,\u201d the fire department wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Coast Guard was notified that the vessel had been classified as a \u201cnavigational hazard,\u201d fire officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident is a great reminder of the importance of wearing life jackets and being prepared while on the water,\u201d the fire department wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT RICHEY, Fla. \u2014 Seven people were rescued after the boat they were traveling in took on water…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97007,28,30,29,97008,97009,97006],"class_list":["post-212040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-7-people-rescued","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-pithlachascotee-river","tag-pithlachascotee-river-channel","tag-port-richey-fire-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212040","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=212040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}