'Miracle' Rescue! Florida Family of 4 Found After 20 Hours Stranded at Sea Clinging to Capsized Boat

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A family of four spanning three generations were rescued on Tuesday, Nov. 25, after spending roughly 20 hours clinging to their overturned boat off the coast of Clearwater, Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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00:00It was probably less than five minutes before it rolled, and I didn't have time to contact the coach guard.

00:16He was more worried about getting a life jacket on the 90-year-old and the 18-year-old,

00:23and then the one I was going to wear got hung up, and I had to just leave it.

00:27I figured it was a matter of time because I figured that it would be late before anybody realized that we hadn't come in.

00:36And what was it like when you saw that coach guard playing this morning?

00:39Oh, that was the exciting time.

00:41We were standing on the top of the boat, but yeah, we were clinging to it.

00:45The night was real tough because the waves picked up, and we was having to, like, you know, try to get up on top of the rigging of it.

00:58And with the 90-year-old, I spent almost all night holding him up, and then he fell several times.

01:06Yeah, the night was pretty rough.

01:07It was a good birthday.

01:09Now that I'm back on land.

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