{"id":328443,"date":"2026-07-03T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328443\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:54:14","slug":"two-rescued-after-boat-sinks-in-intracoastal-waterway-in-st-lucie-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328443\/","title":{"rendered":"Two rescued after boat sinks in Intracoastal Waterway in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two people were rescued from the Intracoastal Waterway<\/a> on July 1 after their small motorized boat began taking on water and sank.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> said its Marine Unit deputies responded on Wednesday to reports of a vessel becoming submerged in the Intracoastal Waterway. The boat’s two occupants entered the water as the vessel sank but remained afloat while wearing life jackets.<\/p>\n

Body-worn camera video<\/a> released by the sheriff’s office shows deputies arriving alongside the partially submerged boat and immediately checking on the occupants.<\/p>\n

“You guys all right?” a deputy asked.<\/p>\n

You guys all right though?”<\/p>\n

After determining the pair were safe, the sheriff’s office said deputies worked to bring them aboard their patrol vessel while also helping recover personal belongings from the sinking boat.<\/p>\n

“It will float. I mean, let’s get you out, and then we got a boat hook. We’ll start snatching stuff up,” one deputy told the occupants.<\/p>\n

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The video also captured one boater expressing gratitude to the responding deputies, saying:<\/p>\n

I appreciate it.”<\/p>\n

Marine Unit deputies safely rescued both people from the water and transported them back to a nearby boat ramp. No injuries were reported, according to SLCSO. <\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said the incident serves as an important reminder of the importance of wearing life jackets while boating.<\/p>\n

“We’re grateful this call ended safely and proud of the swift response by our Marine Unit deputies who are always ready to answer the call,” the agency said in a social media post.<\/p>\n

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The cause of the sinking was not immediately released. The body-worn camera footage was redacted in accordance with Florida public records laws, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two people were rescued from the Intracoastal Waterway on July 1 after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-328443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328443","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=328443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}