LONGBOAT Key, Fla.– The captain of a stranded fishing boat off Florida survived a "nightmare scenario" during the wrath of Hurricane Milton while left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.
The captain of the boat was rescued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) on Thursday afternoon, floating in the Gulf about 30 miles from Longboat Key, clinging to a cooler and wearing a life jacket. It was the second time he was rescued by the Coast Guard this week.
The first rescue came on Monday afternoon. The man called the Coast Guard to report he and a crew member were stuck in a disabled boat in the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles west of the St. Petersburg area.
