Community members and their local fire department gathered over the weekend to honor a Plantation after his diving death in the Florida Keys. Community members and their local fire department gathered over the weekend to honor a Plantation 17-year-old, who had dreamed of becoming a firefighter, after his diving death…
A 17-year-old teenager died over the weekend while diving using a hookah rig in the Florida Keys, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. The boy, later identified as Cameron Isaiah Ruwe, was diving with several others on Saturday using a hookah rig — a type of diving that uses…
The family of an 8-year-old boy from Pinecrest, Florida, who was attacked by a shark while snorkeling near Key Largo said he is getting stronger each day. The boy, identified as Richard Burrows, was snorkeling with his father, David, and 10-year-old sister, Rose, around 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1.…
A man tragically drowned Sunday while fishing with at least one other person on lake Damon in Avon Park, about 75 miles south from Orlando. Chase Winton Parrish, 29, was identified as the fisherman who died, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. Parrish was with one other man, whose…
At least one person has died in Pinellas County after a sea trial resulted in a crash, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies were called out around 2:35 p.m. to the area of 9600 Bay Pines Boulevard after getting reports of the crash. The boat allegedly crashed into Stebbins Island…
Monroe County’s derelict vessel removal program typically deals with barnacle-laden sailboats, but, on Monday, officials announced they would be removing something far more interesting — a 92-foot yellow submarine. The announcement was made Monday in what a spokesperson for the county told reporters with The Miami Herald is “one of…
Investigators in North Carolina allege they found 39 empty beer cans aboard the boat of a man they say was under the influence the day he hit and killed a little girl. Quinten Knight, 40, faces charges of serious injury by impaired boating, operating a boat in a reckless manner,…
At least two men have died and a child was injured in three separate incidents in the Florida Keys during the area’s lobster mini-season. On Wednesday, July 30, Clarence Shawyer, 82, of Palm City, was found unresponsive in Gulf waters, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in an online statement.…
A Texas man who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run boating collision while snorkeling with his family in the Bahamas speaks out from his Miami hospital bed, according to local media. Brent Slough, 42, of Prosper Texas was in the water snorkeling on June 30 when he was sliced by…
A fishing charter captain and his mate on the boat were accused of attempting to capsize a father and son on a kayak and now face criminal charges, according to local media. James Christian Gagliardini, 52, of Marathon, Florida, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, reckless operation of…