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#20534
 Hurricane Irma Scuba diver rescued after ditching boat
Smithsgold - 9/13/2017 10:28 AM
Category: General
Replies: 3
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Scuba diver rescued after ditching boat

(CNN) — A man trying to ride out Hurricane Irma on his boat had to be rescued on Sunday.

Officials haven’t released the man’s name but say he’s a scuba diver from Riviera Beach, Florida.

The man’s anchor broke off his boat so he decided to swim to safety as weather conditions worsened.

This video captured from a nearby condo shows two people trying to pull him up from the rough water.

Riviera Beach police said he was taken to a local shelter in good condition.
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Eric_R - 9/14/2017 10:20 AM
Another user posted about that. Ditching the boat is what I thought it was about. Still wasn’t a good choice to try to ride it out on the boat.
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Smithsgold - 9/14/2017 10:24 PM
Not the best of Idea’s !!!!