next up we head to destin florida where the okaloosa county sheriff's office marine unit
destin beach fire department u.s coast guard and the florida fish and wildlife commission
are all responding to reports of a sinking boat with nine people including three
children still on board what you're about to see was all captured on a body camera
he's got you underway right now keep it going the sinking boat is being towed
away from some dredge equipment it had gotten too close to putting the passengers in danger
the boat is quickly taking on water as the passengers frantically try to bail it out
this is a this is a bad one right here
hey kyle y'all watch if this vessel sinks you can't be in the water and get pulled under here
the situation takes a turn for the worse when the
tow line breaks and the current begins to pull the boat under get a lifetime
come
the current drags the capsized boat back towards the dredge equipment
trapping some passengers against it with the capsized boat almost fully submerged
some passengers have climbed his safety on top of the dredge equipment
three children are still in the water the main rescue boat has no option but to circle around
to avoid a collision while the wave runners try to grab the passengers in the water
two of the children have now been rescued by the wave runner
and brought to safety on the patrol boat come on come on come on come on come on
come on at this point other responders have rescued a child and two adults three others have
made it to the top of the dredge equipment and one man the children's father remains in the water
hold on
it's a chaotic scene as rescuers try to confirm everyone is safely out of
the water find out if we're missing anybody is everybody here how many everybody's fine
you good you okay hey buddy buddy come around over here come on over here buddy sit up here you okay
all right man just sit right there for me you're fine i got you joining us now from the okaloosa
county sheriff's office marine unit sergeant brian parkton whose body cam recorded this heroic rescue
so what happened to the boat that it was taking on water what what got this boat into trouble
from my understanding uh the vessel was going through the destin pass
and there was a it was a pretty bad day to be out there and it took a wave over the bow
operator recognized hey i'm in trouble and he attempted to turn around and leave the area
at which time the stern of the vessel took on another wave and they were pretty floundering
at that point wow it can happen so quickly so what happened next with me my heart dropped because you
know i have two girls myself we're avid voters and at the time i didn't realize that the captain had
actually had enough thought to put life jackets on everybody so whenever that vessel overturned my
heart dropped and i thought we were getting ready to deal with some brownies one of the things that
really impressed me was once you started getting the passengers on board particularly the children
was how you really calm them down do you have training that prepares you for a situation like
that uh i think fatherhood prepared me like i said i've got two girls myself and we're
avid voters and i know how you know my girls can get scared so what advice do you have for people
out on the water i'd say first and foremost life jackets life jackets are important they save lives
secondly know your limitations recognize that you have the ability to maintain control your vessel
in that situation you know i've been voting my whole life i've been in marine law enforcement
for 17 years i too have limitations and i can recognize those limitations that was amazing to
watch and a pleasure to hear you share your story sergeant thank you so much thanks for being a fan
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