{"id":300090,"date":"2026-06-08T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300090\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:28:18","slug":"police-rescue-unresponsive-68-year-old-woman-found-floating-face-down-in-ocean-at-florida-beach-watch-the-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300090\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Rescue &#8216;Unresponsive&#8217; 68-Year-Old Woman Found Floating Face Down in Ocean at Florida Beach: Watch the Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, June 6, deputies rescued a 68-year-old woman from drowning at New Smyrna Beach, Florida<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bodycam footage shows deputies performing CPR on the unresponsive woman, who was found face down until she regained consciousness<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Volusia Sheriff&#8217;s Office praised alert beachgoers for quickly reporting the incident<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 68-year-old woman was saved from drowning during a weekend swim at a Florida beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At 10:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 6, deputies responded to reports of \u201ca swimmer in distress in the ocean\u201d off the coast of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, the Volusia Sheriff&#8217;s Office (VSO) said in a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/4602271643390276?locale=en_GB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:news release;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;news release&quot;}\">news release<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 68-year-old woman was found &#8220;unresponsive&#8221; and &#8220;without a pulse&#8221; at the scene. She was pulled from the water face down before deputies performed CPR on the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDeputy Gourley quickly located the victim in the water, floating face down and pulled her to shore,\u201d said the VSO. \u201cThe woman was unresponsive and without a pulse. Deputy Gourley and Deputy Manhart immediately began CPR and were able to revive the 68-year-old woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police bodycam footage shows Deputy Gourley pulling the woman from the water, with the help of a beachgoer. Deputies then performed performing CPR on the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One deputy asks bystanders, \u201cDoes anybody know her?\u201d to which someone responds, \u201cNo, nobody, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"New Smyrna Beach, FloridaCredit: Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db461e38df7b32ed0493dff3223de8a3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New Smyrna Beach, Florida<br \/>Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moments later, one of the deputies says, \u201cShe&#8217;s breathing.\u201d One of the officers then tells the woman, \u201cKeep breathing \u2026 big deep breaths if you can hear me, girl. Squeeze my hand if you can feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman then exhales loudly, regaining consciousness as sirens sound in the background of the clip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beach Safety arrived on scene and continued life-saving measures on the woman; she was subsequently transported to the hospital in stable condition, per the VSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman has not been identified at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis serves as a powerful reminder that alert beachgoers, like those who spotted the woman and quickly alerted deputies, can make all the difference,\u201d said the VSO. \u201cLife-saving awards are forthcoming for the deputies involved for their heroic actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PEOPLE has reached out to the VSO for further comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/watch-florida-deputies-revive-68-year-old-woman-after-pulling-her-face-down-from-ocean-11993004\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW On Saturday, June 6, deputies rescued a 68-year-old woman from drowning at New Smyrna Beach,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,7734,30,29,3686,126090,47705,76252],"class_list":["post-300090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-beach","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-new-smyrna-beach","tag-performing-cpr","tag-volusia-sheriff","tag-vso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300090","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=300090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}