{"id":435368,"date":"2026-10-22T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/435368\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:34:09","slug":"lee-county-deputies-rescue-2-boaters-from-sinking-boat-near-sanibel-island-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/435368\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County deputies rescue 2 boaters from sinking boat near Sanibel Island | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. \u2014 Two boaters are safe after their vessel began sinking off the coast of Sanibel Island.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Marine Unit deputies responded Sunday afternoon to reports of a sinking vessel just off the coast of Sanibel Island.<\/p>\n<p>The two boaters tried to signal for help using flares, fire extinguishers, their horn and other means as their vessel took on water.<\/p>\n<p>A third party eventually called 911 to report the emergency after seeing the boaters&#8217; distress signals.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies quickly located the sinking vessel and brought both individuals to safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here in Southwest Florida, our waterways are a major part of everyday life. That is why we ensure our Marine Unit is equipped and prepared to respond at any time,&#8221; said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. &#8220;I am grateful our deputies were able to quickly assist and bring these individuals to safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. \u2014 Two boaters are safe after their vessel began sinking off the coast of Sanibel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[90131,209,211,210,3788,28,159145,356,7692,15471,24186,1521],"class_list":["post-435368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-blind-pass","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-captiva-island","tag-florida","tag-geography-of-the-united-states","tag-lee-county","tag-lee-county-sheriff","tag-sanibel","tag-sanibel-island","tag-southwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435368","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=435368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}