One man was rescued after his boat capsized off the coast of Florida Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg were notified through a 911 transfer at around 7:34 a.m. Saturday that St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and Pinellas County Sheriffs Office marine rescue crews were responding to a boater in distress. The boater’s 15-foot vessel had capsized near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew retrieved the man from the water at 7:56 a.m. and transferred him to a St. Petersburg Fire Rescue boat crew. No injuries were reported, and the man was transported to Maximo Boat Ramp…