Would-be rescuer speaks as woman who fell into Miami River from boat dies

A woman who reportedly fell from a boat and into the Miami River on Sunday afternoon has died, authorities said Monday.
Miami Police Marine Patrol responded to the scene around 4 p.m. after receiving reports of a woman falling overboard. Crews were later able to locate her and video from Only in Dade shows them pulling her out of the water. She was then rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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[@calvinh.8882]

To that young man, You tried brother. That was a lot more than many others did.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

It's wonderful that he did his best to save her, but sometimes, we just can't do enough. He's a hero, nonetheless.

[@europeanbrows]

he didn't know how to swim he went on a boat he didn't wear a life jacket he fell off of a boat full of people that did not know how to swim .... the insanity.

[@belle9184]

She

[@Yeoj444]

Frfr

[@williamrobinson4265]

you got the wrong person? you also formatted this like some weird poetry.....can't help but imagine you are the insane one

[@pria7538]

@@williamrobinson4265 It's a cross dressing man. The original commenter was correct.

[@williamrobinson4265]

the dude was in drag when he fell in the water or were they confirmed trans/gender-non-conforming?@@pria7538

[@calvinh.8882]

Just a few days before this happened I commented on another video showing someone who fell in that river saying when someone falls into the water people need to IMMEDIATELY throw them the throwable flotation cushion!! This very reason is why it is a law that EVERY boat must have one on it. That sucks! May SHE R.I.P.

[@IamLeighton]

it's a He, Not a She. RIP

[@styleskeepemmad1429]

It's a she

[@williamrizzo1285]

​@@styleskeepemmad1429nope, he!

[@PTRRanger951]

@@styleskeepemmad1429 it was a HE.

[@jimmyjay689]

​@@styleskeepemmad1429he

[@SweetyPie-2]

It’s how they want to identify them smart mouth it’s not up to you to correct ignorant fool

[@Phoenixhunter157]

Don’t go on a boat without a life vest if you don’t know how to swim. You may feel like a dork wearing it, but this is the outcome.

[@blazingstar9638]

I have a life guarding certificate and I still wear a life jacket on the boat a lot anyway. It’s a good example too

[@Phoenixhunter157]

@@blazingstar9638 I don’t go boating but I’m guessing the standard is becoming that everyone should wear one . I can swim but I would definitely wear one if I was out on the water. Too many stories of even very experienced swimmers drowning

[@StayFocusedStayHumble]

Thank you for trying❤️

[@daaimahaleem1267]

Was this the young woman that was really a young man Vonte that was from Mississippi. Was going to the police academy when he/she returned back home

[@PQV-8898]

If you cannot swim then do not go into deep water or anything that floats in case it sinks or you go overboard. And if you do, wear a freaking lifejacket which would've saved this man's life.

[@BrightasVenus]

Tf? Not one O ring on that party boat? None of the people she was partying with tried to help her other than pointing her out in the water to strangers?? Huhh... not weird at all that there would be no life saving gear.. on a boat.. in the water..

[@GregLakatosChradm]

It's a party boat not he US CG. If she couldn't swim then she should have been wearing a vest.

[@GoRideConnor]

What do they mean he came up on her? Why weren’t the people in the boat where she fell trying to help her? Somethings not right.

[@DearProfessorRF]

This can be truly upsetting for the saver. I wonder if all the others didn’t know how to swim either. Someone from that company needs to be held accountable.

[@lozarkderccy3254]

He did more than the victims friends did, they all probably couldn’t swim either. I’ll never understand why/how ppl who can’t swim galavant on boats without life vests on. For some reason the danger of drowning isn’t at the forefront of their minds.

[@SweetyPie-2]

Like he said it was surprising how they watch them just drown without helping🤔

[@blazingstar9638]

Respect for trying!!😢❤❤

[@williamrizzo1285]

Young man

[@darlenewarren7040]

I think the people that were running the boat and own the boat should be sued and they should be arrested for manslaughter because I've seen more than a billion times nobody's ever wearing a life jacket and probably they don't even have life jackets on the boats if she would have had a life jacket on she wouldn't have sunk I'm sorry for that guy he's probably going to feel really messed up later might need a little counseling but it feels very badly that he tried his best and he couldn't help her thank you guy for helping and trying God doesn't sleep God sees everything

[@williamrobinson4265]

It's traumatic for rescuers when peoples own friends and families just let it happen - really sad and ignorant stuff - we need more real adults

[@SweetyPie-2]

Yes it’s needed for more compassionate people out here

[@ne1uno]

what a great kid!!!

[@martinf9626]

Why are they waiting for to force people to wear a life jacket on boat just like seat belt in cars . So much dumb peoples there

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

you tried bro. You pulled her out alive.

[@user-wk4oh3wb8f]

May god be with her

[@user-ex8dk8um6n]

Hella Friends She Had ❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolinekinney2364]

It was a man not a woman.

[@williamrobinson4265]

different cases

[@dollz2030]

Are you telling me this happened twice?

[@carolinekinney2364]

@@dollz2030 no. I had seen two other reports before this one. They revealed that the person was thought to be a woman because he had a dress on. He was a young male on vacation who was joining the police department when he returned home. When they discovered him with the dress on they mistakenly thought it was a woman.

[@carolinekinney2364]

@@williamrobinson4265 look it up. It was a young man dressed in a dress. He was returning home from after this vacation to join the police academy. He loved fashion and that included wearing dresses. Same exact scenes of his rescue was on two other channels and they explained it. They said it was a male.

[@PTRRanger951]

@@williamrobinson4265 It was a male, wearing a dress. The news can't report factual information, it would hurt their reputation.

[@JenJenANDChrissy]

It was a MAN from Mississippi who was on vacation with friends on a charter boat. Trevonte Johnson is his name. Get your story straight, please.

[@artbobik3516]

the original news report stated it was a female when I found it in the news after watching the Wavy Boat vid within an hour of the drowning -

[@SweetyPie-2]

They lived there life how they wanted so however they identified them it’s alright

[@LAUS-DEO-HAWAII]

AT LEAST HE TRIED. BUT WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, ITS UP!!!! NOTHING CAN STOP THAT. WEAR A LIFE VEST WHEN ON THE WATER AT ALL TIMES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO SWIM. IS THAT ROCKET SCIENCE?????

[@exoticbarbie374]

This is truly sad ...i dnt know how to swim ,but both my daughters learned at 3 years old how to swim 13 and 18 now and they are great swimmers..but they said ppl usually panic when falling in water ,so if the other person trting to save them , cant keep them calm to bring them back to safety it ends bad ,the more they panic the more of their weight the other person feels & can end up drowning them too so its def risky

[@metalfreak4791]

Wasn't the victim a man? In some other interviews with friends of the victim, they all said he loved fashion and a pic shows him wearing a bikini and has long hair. Also states the rescuers thought he was a woman at first. I'm not trying to be disrespectful in any way. I'm just repeating what was said on the news.

[@wlachappelle]

People that can't swim should wear a life jacket that is your life don't do what the rest do and take a swim class

[@llorando305]

i saw this on tiktok 😢

[@randje1999]

We bring you an important story. We don't know it yet, but someone saw something and the facts are unclear to us........at story time. Terrible journalism!

[@Aquas91]

so the boat that lost her just sat there and yelled. its so easy to become a captain. miami is full of this bs

[@jimmyjay689]

Man

[@kendramiddletonwilliams]

It was a man - Travonte - and nobody could swim on the boat he fell off of.

[@Foxie770]

That woman was an idiot for going on a boat when she didn’t know how to swim. Who doesn’t know how to swim? Absolutely insane.

[@Thegardenofeden24]

Ik weet niet te zwemmen .

[@Ftokshiesty]

Wasn’t even a woman that’s a man from Mississippi that went to my school 😂😂😭

[@europeanbrows]

agreed🫡

[@StayFocusedStayHumble]

Many don’t know how to swim dumb dumb. And boats are not only made for people who know how to swim. Stfu

[@samadhe8048]

Yep

[@HolicChan]

How can a human sink? Don’t we have air in our lungs to keep us up?

[@PTRRanger951]

Guess you have never been swimming have you? That's not how lungs work.

[@HolicChan]

@@PTRRanger951 “Your lungs inside your chest act like air balloons that keep you up on the surface of the water. To practice, always take a super deep breath to fill your lungs with air and release. When you are floating, make sure you don't release all the air from your lung else you will start sinking in the water.” - Steve wallan swimming school

[@PTRRanger951]

Just proved my point, you have never been swimming. Thanks for playing. Maybe when you grow some brain cells and understand how the human body works you can try again.

[@user-hi5eh3xi7z]

😂

[@shangoblackpower6482]

He

[@SweetyPie-2]

There identity not your opinion

[@deebee4575]

How do you not know how to swim as an adult?

[@jaredpelletier3157]

What an arrogant statement on your part!

[@deebee4575]

@@jaredpelletier3157 learn to swim. 80% of the people in the country can swim.

[@deebee4575]

@beauty4ashez87 yeah I guarantee whoever was running that boat told her to put on a lifejacket but she refused. Look where that got her.

[@StayFocusedStayHumble]

@@deebee4575it was a man not a woman. They wrong on the sex of the person

[@StayFocusedStayHumble]

@beauty4ashez87you made a assumption people should know how to swim and float. Well everyone doesn’t . Your arrogant statement shows your ignorance

[@juanelbueno6078]

Nul

[@lloydbeebe3716]

Her being trans everyone on boat felt it was the right thing to do by letting him sink. I wouldn’t risk my life for him.

[@SweetyPie-2]

An GOD it’s not going to risk your soul either, so don’t pray if your in need of help

[@benjaminperez1149]

This was a man?

[@PTRRanger951]

Yes

[@kazshaw3945]

It eas a MAN not a Woman !🤦

[@SweetyPie-2]

It’s however they identified themselves not you identified them for them

[@kazshaw3945]

@@SweetyPie-2 No, it's what's on their original birth certificate !Stop with the Woke nonsense!😠

[@kazshaw3945]

@@SweetyPie-2 Tell that to the Women in a Scottish Womens prison that were impregnated by one of your male / female things !😠😤🤮

[@SweetyPie-2]

@@kazshaw3945 NO it’s what an how they want to identify themselves your way it’s not right, you was taught this who to say your way is right, Shaw🤔

[@kazshaw3945]

@@SweetyPie-2 So if i identify myself as a unicorn ,are you going to take me seriously and agree with me ?Bloody idiot !🤦

[@caribbeanvybz]

It was a guy not a WOMAN

[@GUELLOX4]

Messed up title Might as well say wannabe rescuer Good lord

[@gamertech9871]

Lol learn to swim. Skill issue 😂

[@PTRRanger951]

It was a man not a woman.