A Florida woman was rescued in Charlotte County after her canoe capsized around nine in the evening and she was left to tread water overnight.
The canoeist was found the next morning by a good Samaritan charter captain, Russel Tryder, in the Peace River in the middle of Charlotte Harbor around ten in the morning. She was located about one mile from shore.
Charter captain rescues canoeist who spent night treading water
“I heard someone yelling ‘help’,” Tryder said in an interview with WINK News. “And I looked over and here’s a woman yelling ‘help’ and she was able to wave her hands.”
Tryder saw the woman’s head in the water and heard her calling for help, then turned his boat around to assist. As he approached, he saw the canoeist’s arms go up and her head go underwater. The canoeist told Tryder that she didn’t know how much longer she could hold on, and that she had been out all night…