{"id":374827,"date":"2026-08-18T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374827\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:42:09","slug":"911-call-captures-panic-at-fort-lauderdale-marina-after-out-of-control-boater-slams-into-docked-vessels-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374827\/","title":{"rendered":"911 call captures panic at Fort Lauderdale marina after out-of-control boater slams into docked vessels &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Newly released 911 audio captured a frantic call for help at a Fort Lauderdale marina after a boat captain <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/broward\/video-shows-boat-captain-crashing-into-other-boats-dock-in-fort-lauderdale\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/broward\/video-shows-boat-captain-crashing-into-other-boats-dock-in-fort-lauderdale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slammed into other vessels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chaos can be heard in that call as witnesses reached out to authorities adter the out-of-control boater crashed at Bahia Mar, early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHey, I\u2019m at Bahia Mar Marina, there\u2019s a boat inside the marina ramming into the other boats,\u201d said the 911 caller. \u201cWe were all in bed, and all of a sudden, our boat rocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses on Sunday gave 7News their account of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNext thing we know, like, we heard this huge, loud noise, and then we look, and it seemed like he hit one of the guys\u2019 yacht that was docked,\u201d said Jeff Soulouque.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The captain appeared to be under the influence as he rammed into other boats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPurposely ramming other boats?\u201d said the 911 dispatcher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no idea what it was, his purpose; he\u2019s obviously wasted,\u201d said the caller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video showed several bystanders telling the captain to stop as he\u2019s held at gunpoint from afar by another man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone was screaming at him to stop, and he was trying to leave. This is why one of the guys pulled out the gun on him,\u201d said a witness who identified herself as Leila.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Fort Lauderdale Police, this was a case of boating while under the influence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The damaged boat in question remains docked, with an arrest pending on the results from a toxicology report police said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Newly released 911 audio captured a frantic call for help at a Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-374827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374827","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=374827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}