{"id":412854,"date":"2026-09-28T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412854\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:06:30","slug":"florida-man-in-wheelchair-rescued-after-falling-into-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412854\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man in wheelchair rescued after falling into marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Man in wheelchair rescued after falling into New Smyrna Beach marina<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790607990_588_0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1697751930.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Officials rescued a 72-year-old man from a New Smyrna Beach marina after he fell from his wheelchair into the water Sunday night, according to the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Deputies responded around 8:55 p.m. to the marina in the 2700 block of North Peninsula Avenue after a caller reported hearing a splash and a man yelling for help.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The area was behind a locked gate, but Sgt. Leven was the first deputy to arrive and found the man clinging to a pipe to keep his head above water.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Leven entered the marina with a buoy and helped the man stay afloat, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">New Smyrna Beach Fire Rescue evaluated the man at the scene. He declined further medical attention, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video: Man in wheelchair rescued after falling into New Smyrna Beach marina NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-412854","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\/412854","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=412854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}