RESCUE VIDEO: Coast Guard saves man clinging to cooler 30 miles off Florida coast as Milton neared

Video shows a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter rescuing a man found Thursday clinging to a cooler approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key, Florida as Hurricane Milton neared the area.

[@valerie-p3c]

The coast guard are heroes and dont get the recognition they deseve

[@dlighted8861]

Well they at least "deseve" for you to proof read your comment.😂😂😂

[@valerie-p3c]

Wow don't you think highly of yourself how's that grammar ok?

[@WildernessForever]

I cant believe how incredible these Coast Guard men and women are!

[@loismiller7742]

Wow, how was he even spotted? What a story this must be. Blessings on the Coast Guard. Super Heroes, one and all. Angels of a mercy!

[@nottoblame-c9h]

My thoughts exactly 😮

[@babs629]

That was my first question as well...Apparently he was on a fishing vessel and was able to radio the Coast Guard before the boat went down.

[@arreallewindham7003]

He had a locator beacon on his life jacket

[@Mermaidlife97]

That guy is a true survivor right there❤. I love the ocean but I would have been terrified. I’m glad the CG found him

[@FreedomofAmerica1776]

GOD Bless Our Coast Guard! Praying this man has a speedy recovery too!

[@stevea9604]

Way lucky gentleman….also BZ to the rescue swimmer…Those guys are amazing

[@deedleeve7786]

Amazing men and women serving in the USCG!!❤

[@BasicObject]

Florida man lives!

[@aurysage3043]

Wow. Coasties do a great job. Glad we have them. Amazing guy in the cooler as well. Serious survival instincts.

[@JesusSprintingOnTheOcean]

Survival instincts? He went fishing at the worst possible time after his family begged him not to. You have it backwards.

[@carolyncrider8217]

Well I was crying in about 2 seconds. Thank you!

[@higgs923]

Always huge respect for the Coasties from a USN combat vet.

[@131dyana]

God was with him that is for certain.

[@BasicObject]

god isn't real, but the man certainly is a badass for surviving on a cooler on the ocean. You are discounting the man's actual efforts and attributing that to an invisible hand in the sky. To people with a brain you sound insane.

[@miterbenisdurty3862]

He probably prayed a lot. I know I do when I feel hopeless.

[@WildernessForever]

​@@BasicObject Nope Bud.. you're the one that sounds insane. I hope that someday you are in a situation so bad that YOU drop to your knees and call out HIS name.... unfortunately, he will be there for you too. Have a great unfulfilled life!

[@heather602]

Amen! Jesus saves

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

​@@BasicObject One day you may well find out how INCORRECT you are.

[@RaulEdu33]

Clinging to a cooler?!? Was he trying to save his beer from the hurricane? 😅

Standing ovation for the USCG. Phenomenal rescue.

[@greatestever2451]

Boy better get save after that

[@eowingfield]

That dude has got a tale to tell!

[@shaystern2453]

there's a commercial for the maker of that

[@gamnhung4804]

OMG unbelievable

[@sunpark9195]

the cooler is the real hero here

[@douglascooper1987]

Hurricane Party on the boat gone wrong‼️😆😆

[@areliarenee4525]

Great job Coast Guards!

[@jonathanrichard6881]

PRAISE GOD!!!

[@OOJericho]

Looks like a training exercise actually.

[@FreedomofAmerica1776]

That would be awesome Jericho! Lol!

[@joeyjordan185]

What kind of jack sparrow tomfoolery is this. Clinging to a cooler 30 miles out to sea while a cat 4 hurricane is approaching? 😂

[@rosemullen-r5w]

Wow30 miles!

[@Littlebigbot]

I hope there was no beer lost in the rescue.

[@hermangrandpamunster]

My new heros

[@BobbieStankowski]

Great hero's. A shame you couldn't have covered the last few seconds of the rescue.

[@wintercame]

Heroes.

[@magaman5010]

The lord Jesus Christ works in mysterious ways!!!!!

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

He does!!!!

[@johnnywright5236]

last beer in the cooler

[@cathybowser3813]

It will be interesting to hear his story! On make a movie on it!

[@zepguwlthistle7924]

how did he get out there?

[@wintercame]

fIshing boat.

[@dlighted8861]

Thank gawd for big azzed coolers. 🤗😁🤗

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

With all the videos of the various sharks around the peninsula, i firmly believe that God told that man "Not today".

[@JesusSprintingOnTheOcean]

So God told all the people who didn't survive "today"? Were they not good enough?

[@Garda1962]

6to9 that was uncle Ron and a cooler full of PBR!

[@Glidedon]

Who, what, when , where, why ?

[@nikki-won]

As expected Florida

[@montanadan2524]

Was it Captian Dan?

[@Brittany25-j6f]

He was in that situation because he had been out on the boat in the hurricane. This was totally avoidable.

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

Very rough sea

[@NatKekuna2012]

Was that a shark behind them to the left at the end?

[@Outrunninaround.]

Copter shadow.

[@MidBoja96]

Did he survive the Titanic?

[@mycoolbeernuts6870]

Is that a Door?

[@mgreg8134]

@@mycoolbeernuts6870 What part of found floating on a cooler didn't you understand.

[@mycoolbeernuts6870]

@@mgreg8134 I guess all of it - Thanks for schooling me

[@mycoolbeernuts6870]

@@mgreg8134 Was the cooler equipped with a satellite locator beacon?

[@monicawarren3678]

I dont trust anything anymore.

[@FreedomofAmerica1776]

It is hard to trust things you see anymore! Especially with the News! Lol

[@mycoolbeernuts6870]

Is it a Paddle Boat? Homemade Watercraft? What was he the Capt. of?

[@ritadantona693]

Staged

[@TraceyEaster760]

How did he get out there?