MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Coast Guard and sheriff’s crews have found two women who were reported missing after allegedly jumping from a small row boat and swimming ashore in the Florida Keys.
In a news release, the U.S. Coast Guard said the incident was reported early Tuesday morning by a man who was apparently on the boat with the women. Officials say a man called the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office around 2:30 a.m., saying he lost sight of the women in the water.
The Coast Guard sent a helicopter crew from Miami and a boat crew from Marathon to search for the women.
The agency said in a news release sent later Tuesday that the women were found safe near Marathon.
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No further details were immediately available.