POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A routine training mission turned into a life-saving operation Wednesday evening, April 29, after a boater fell overboard into Lake Arbuckle and vanished beneath the surface.
What began as a search by local authorities quickly escalated into a high-tech rescue effort involving a United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, famously known as the “Warthog.”
The emergency began when Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) and Polk County Fire Rescue were dispatched to the Frostproof lake following reports that a man had fallen from a moving vessel…