{"id":374049,"date":"2026-08-17T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374049\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:30:07","slug":"martin-county-sheriffs-office-saves-distressed-man-in-middle-of-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374049\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office saves distressed man in middle of the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man who was attempting to harm himself by swimming out into the ocean was saved by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsofl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MCSO says that they were called to assist a \u201cvery distraught individual\u201d who said he was going to swim out into the ocean without intending to return.<\/p>\n<p>However, with help from MCSO Marine Deputies, along with the aviation unit and a Martin County Lifeguard, they were quickly able to realize the situation and jumped into the water to prevent the man from continuing, law enforcement says. Video from MCSO shows several deputies surrounding the man in the water trying to save him.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/crime\/man-steals-car-in-broward-county-gets-caught-the-next-day-in-boynton-beach-florida-news-florida-crime-stolen-car-grand-theft-vehicle-boynton-beach-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Man steals car in Broward County, gets caught the next day in Boynton Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The man was taken out of the water and is now getting the help he needs, according to MCSO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man who was attempting to harm himself by swimming out into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-374049","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\/374049","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=374049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}