SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. — A Santa Rosa County deputy and his wife were recognized for recently pulling a man from the water after he was ejected from his boat.
Sheriff Johnson presented Deputy Phillip Smith with a Life Saving Award on Thursday. He just recently retired from the department this past week.
According to the sheriff’s office, on March 15 on the Blackwater River, Smith — while off duty — and his wife Felicia witnessed a boater, Hunter Harnage, being ejected from his vessel after hitting a wake, which turned the boat sideways…