Coast Guard rescues 62-year-old man north of Islamorada. Photo: Coast Guard
MIAMI–The Coast Guard rescued a man on a vessel who was reported missing Monday north of Islamorada, Coast Guard officials said.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Key West received a report from the son of Robert Vonnegut, 62, stating his father departed from Sunrise Drive at approximately 10 p.m., Sunday on a 10-foot blue and white sailing vessel and had not returned.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew located the 10-foot sailing vessel and positively identified Vonnegut approximately two miles south of Tavernier. A Coast Guard Station Islamorada 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement boat crew embarked Vonnegut with no reported injuries.
