USCG Rescues Man from F/V Jenny Lynn West of St. Petersburg, Fla.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man Thursday after his 36-foot commercial fishing vessel capsized 18 miles west of St. Petersburg.
Robert Heart, 48, was rescued by a helicopter crew and transported to Tampa General Hospital for further evaluation. The rescue comes after a medical evacuation of a 15-year-old boy and his father on Wednesday.
Coast Guard Seventh District watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert at 8:56 a.m. for the commercial fishing vessel Jenny Lynn, homeported in ...
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