Little Torch Key: Three stranded teenage boys from California called 911 and calmly sat atop a capsized boat before being rescued from waters off the Florida Keys, authorities said yesterday.
Marine Deputy James Hagar spotted the teens in waters about 2 ½ miles off the coast and brought them safely ashore in his patrol boat. A photo released by the sheriff's office showed the teens seated on a small section of the hull that still jutted above the waters. "Fortunately they knew their location. They were lucky they had a cell signal," sheriff's officials wrote on Facebook page. Hagar had just taken his boat out of the water around 3:15pm. Tuesday when he got the call about the stranded teenagers. "He quickly put the boat back in the water," Herrin said in a statement. The teens had anchored the 22-foot rented boat on the Atlantic side of Little Torch Key, which is some 30 miles north of Key West.
