Two teens help save family carrying an infant and clinging to a capsized boat
by David Goodhue 14 Apr 2018 22:26 PDT
A U.S. Coast Guard crew approaches a man sitting on a capsized boat off Islamorada on Saturday, April 7, 2018 © U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada
Two Islamorada teens and the uncle of one of the boys saved two families, including a mother and her small children, who were stranded in choppy ocean waters off the Keys.
Mason Baker, 17, Will Coffin, 18, and Coffin's uncle, Dave Tolhurst, 54, spotted an overturned 23-foot boat while fishing near Conch Reef, southeast of Plantation Key, on Saturday afternoon. Four adults and a 4-year-old boy were clinging to the capsized hull of the vessel. Strapped to the chest of one of the two women in the group was a 3 1/2-month-old infant boy.
"I didn't know what to expect," Baker said Tuesday. "We realized something bad could have happened, and it might not end well."
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