{"id":268083,"date":"2026-05-12T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268083\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:01:08","slug":"3-girls-pulled-from-dangerous-rip-current-after-florida-deputys-split-second-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268083\/","title":{"rendered":"3 girls pulled from dangerous rip current after Florida deputy\u2019s split-second rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A routine patrol quickly turned into a life-saving mission for a Florida deputy on Sunday when he jumped into action to save three girls struggling in a perilous rip current.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Lee%20County%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> said that while patrolling the picturesque Lovers Key State Park, deputies received emergency calls reporting that the girls were in distress and unable to reach the shore. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, without a moment&#8217;s hesitation, Deputy Raymond Tellez Ferriol plunged into the turbulent waters equipped with flotation devices.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/palm-beach-county-gets-4m-federal-boost-ahead-of-hurricane-season-emergency-preparedness-storm-resiliency-floods-tornadoes-storm-lois-frankel-may-11-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palm Beach County gets $4M federal boost ahead of hurricane season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a display of bravery and quick thinking, he successfully swam out to the girls, ensuring their safe return to dry land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy Tellez Ferriol didn\u2019t hesitate to act, and because of his bravery and quick response, three young lives were brought safely back to shore,&#8221; said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. &#8220;I\u2019m proud of the courage and selflessness our deputies show every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A routine patrol quickly turned into a life-saving mission for a Florida deputy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-268083","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\/268083","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=268083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}