CEDAR KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two younger women are fortunate to be alive after being stranded on their paddle board in a single day within the waters off Cedar Key.
The Levy County Sheriff’s workplace reported the ladies lacking Monday night after they tried to paddleboard to Cedar Key.
As an alternative, wind and present blew them effectively south of their supposed vacation spot.
Will Pauling is a constitution fishing captain within the Yankeetown space and satisfied two buddies to search around for the ladies early Tuesday morning.
“We’ve got youngsters ourselves, and we needed to get on the market and, clearly, attempt discovering them, and with the chilly temps final night time, figured it might be fairly tough,” Pauling mentioned.
The boys knew a basic space the place they’d begin looking, however they mentioned one thing guided them on to a small island the place the ladies have been.
“It took us half-hour from the boat ramp mainly,” Alex Jeffries mentioned. “We nearly, in a bizarre means, drove straight to em.”
They mentioned the ladies have been chilly, thirsty and hungry however have been in good spirits.
“They have been actually lighthearted in regards to the state of affairs for what it was good to have angle in a foul state of affairs,” Jeffries mentioned.
The boys needed to carry the ladies to their boat as a result of their ft had been reduce up by sharp oyster shells.
“They have been caught on their board, they could not get off their board as a result of each which means was oysters, and if you’re round right here, oysters are very sharp,” Jeffries mentioned.
Fortunately, the lads had introduced just a few provides to assist.
“They have been nonetheless on the raft, frozen,” Jeffries mentioned. “Fortunately, we introduced some towels, snacks, and waters and stuff and type of helped em get just a little bit comfy.”
The boys mentioned trying to find the ladies, was simply the precise factor to do.
“If now we have the power to seek out them, let’s give it a shot,” mentioned Russ Coon, who was additionally a part of the search effort. “What have we received to lose, and there was a lot extra to achieve as a result of after we did discover them, there was actually no person round us.”
The women have been returned to their household.
