Boaters Rescued by Florida Anglers after Treading Water for 14 Hours

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Sean McGovern, 50, and Mellisa Morris, 52, were expecting a fun day in the sun last Friday while cruising in Key Largo on their 30-foot Island Hopper. It is not currently known how the couple fell off their boat, but McGovern and Morris spent 14 hours treading water after helplessly watching their vessel pull away. The two ended up drifting more than 10 miles over the course of their ordeal, and lacked any kind of flotation or signalling device. "They were trying to signal people down with their T-shirt," US Coast Guard spokesperson Mark Barney told
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