BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (WINK) – A Florida couple say they are grateful to be alive after a routine scuba diving trip turned into a fight for survival.
Antonio “Tony” Rivera and Brianna Rutledge say they were diving Thursday afternoon five miles offshore near Boca Grande when their boat drifted away, leaving them stranded in open water.
“I panicked the first 10 seconds to two minutes, what seems like forever. I screamed on top of my lungs,” Rivera said. “I didn’t think this would ever happen.”…