{"id":314979,"date":"2026-06-21T19:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:05:11","slug":"coast-guard-rescues-two-people-from-south-florida-waters-drifting-miles-offshore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314979\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard rescues two people from South Florida waters drifting miles offshore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are safe after being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday morning off the coast of South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say a Station Miami Beach boat crew responded to a report of people in distress about four miles east of Elliot Key, near Ceasar Creek. <\/p>\n<p>The call came in around 7:30 a.m., when crew members aboard the tug vessel Allie B spotted the two men drifting in the water without life jackets and alerted Coast Guard watchstanders in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/flames-spread-across-10-acres-in-hobe-sound-brush-fire-now-contained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flames spread across 10 acres in Hobe Sound brush fire, now contained<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rescue crews arrived on scene shortly after 8:10 a.m. and located both individuals in stable condition. Authorities say neither man was injured. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Coast Guard, the men had drifted away from their vessel prior to being spotted offshore. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful we were able to bring these mariners home safely today,\u201d said Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Fiala, a crew member involved in the rescue. \u201cHaving a life jacket for each person on board can make all the difference in an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard officials are reminding boaters to always carry proper safety equipment, including life jackets, before heading out on the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are safe after being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-314979","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\/314979","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=314979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}