{"id":299443,"date":"2026-06-07T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299443\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:54:08","slug":"watch-florida-deputies-revive-68-year-old-woman-after-pulling-her-face-down-from-ocean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299443\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Florida deputies revive 68-year-old woman after pulling her face down from ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 68-year-old woman is alive after Florida deputies and bystanders pulled her from the ocean and performed CPR Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Deputies with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office<\/a> say they were flagged down by bystanders at 10:15 a.m. for a swimmer in distress in the water.<\/p>\n

WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. The following video contains graphic footage of a water rescue and lifesaving efforts.<\/p>\n

Deputy Gourley located the woman floating face down in the ocean, and he and a good Samaritan dragged her to the shore. Tragically, he realized she had no pulse and jumped into action.<\/p>\n

Gourley and Deputy Manhart began CPR and were able to revive the unidentified woman before emergency responders arrived, per VSO. As lifesaving efforts were performed, a group of attentive women stood by checking her pulse.<\/p>\n

See also: Suspect held without bond in Boca Raton parking lot murder of insurance whistleblower<\/a><\/p>\n

Beach Safety personnel reportedly took over life-saving efforts at the scene. The 68-year-old woman was transported to a local hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n

Officials credited alert beachgoers for helping save the woman’s life after they spotted her in distress and quickly notified deputies.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said the incident serves as a reminder of the critical role the public can play during emergencies, noting that swift action by witnesses helped deputies respond in time.<\/p>\n

Life-saving awards are expected to be presented to the deputies involved in the rescue for their actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 68-year-old woman is alive after Florida deputies and bystanders pulled her from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-299443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299443","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=299443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}