Search underway for swimmer near Big Pass offshore, Siesta Key FL
Medical EmergencyEmergency teams are searching offshore near Big Pass for a swimmer or paddleboarder reported about a mile from the shore. No clear sign of distress was observed, but Coast Guard and local rescue units are coordinating a search to locate and ensure the person's safety.
Audio|Source: Sarasota County Fire
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Transcript:
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13. 13. Where I'll be treated period.
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According to the death.
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What's your position?
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Rescue 13 repeat.
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I'm just coming over-sick me.
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Please.
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Please 13.
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Go ahead, utility 13.
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2013 is at Beach Access 4 with SSO.
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Can we get a little bit more information?
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The only information we had was the person was approximately 1 to 2 miles out, unknown if they were in distress.
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The caller was meeting on the beach, Gulfside,
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from Siesta Sands in the yellow condo building.
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We'll approximately to the pass
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That's environmental from their viewpoint
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Okay,
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no signal of distress and unknow enough exited the water, correct?
01:35
And then with the sunset, at this point I can't see anything on the horizon.
01:41
Okay, both three, the tie three.
01:47
Right, we're just about ready to launch.
01:50
All right, go ahead, check the pass for me.
01:58
We will be underway to check the passers.
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Dispatch with I-N-3.
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Is error one or two up? I am not dispatching, just seeing if they're up.
02:10
Okay. Okay.
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For EPA.
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With launch time, we're probably about 25 minutes.
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Okay, ready your vessel.
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I'm good with one vessel at this point with the information we have.
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I'll advise if I want for lunch.
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I'll make our way ready.
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Battalion 3 dispatch.
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Utility 3 from Utility 13.
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Utility 13, do ahead hold dispatch.
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The last visual by the caller was at 7.30 with the swimmer heading north through the pass.
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Okay, through the password manager, correct?
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All right, I'm going to move the Shell Road.
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You stay at Access 4.
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This best go to your message.
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Everyone is not logged on, they're only available for callouts.
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Okay.
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Rescue 13 and Battalion 3.
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Good.
03:34
All right, I see your guys location.
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I'm going to move to Shell.
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Can you guys make it to Patriot Park?
03:47
All right, utility 13.
03:49
We'll put Rescue 13 at Patreon Point, not Patriot Park, and I'll have a shell.
03:56
All right, utility 13, Calvin.
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We'll just keep dispatch myself where you're position.
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I'll be down.
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I'm going to assume he was exercising and probably came out of the shore, but we'll cover everything.
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Dispatch, this is Coast Guard.
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We just got on Marine Lawn.
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What's the nature of the distress?
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Coast Guard, this is the CFC U-Tyin 3A, happy.
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Time 3, this is Coast Guard, I got a copy.
04:34
We have no visual or confirmed for some distress.
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We had a visual of 30, 19, 30 hours of a swimmer, about a mile off, parallel to shore going in through Big Pass.
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I have assets on site and we're going to move to the north and the east and my boat is launching as a safe.
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I'm good for you guys to stand by.
05:01
Roger, we're going to have to brief our sector and see if they will support or not.
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I'm not going to ask them as I've yet.
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And then also only the single caller and my loopside is with caller.
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It's called for the information.
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3-387. How you copy?
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This is Coast Guard.
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That's a good copy.
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Copy that break.
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Battalion 3 from E.
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Cody 13.
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Go ahead. About a minute from Shell.
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I copy that.
05:41
We are basically right at Patriots Pier, and I have an individual on a paddleboard.
05:46
It looks like he's sitting, about a half mile offshore, and it looks like he's, I don't, he's not waving or anything, but that is the only contact I have offshore.
05:59
Okay, if you could do visual or audible with him and confirm he might have been our person at 1930 hours, and then we'll do a good intent.
06:12
Alright, copy that.
06:17
Which direction is he heading? If he hadn't been to the path?
06:24
Oh, negative.
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He is directly offshore from Patriots Pier.
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He just shined the light at me.
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So this might be the individual.
06:31
Okay, I'll continue to shell.
06:33
Rescue 13. You can continue to Patriot or a sage in the village.
06:37
This probably will be what we're looking for here.
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He is trying to paddle in, though.
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Okay, let's try and make verbal with him.
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Thank you.
06:56
2014 battalion 3 if you haven't done already any other pedestrians there canvents them if they've seen anybody else so we can arrow this down
07:04
Yeah at this time we have no but no other contact visual and nobody knows this individual that's out there paddled in right now
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Okay, I just got sure but time 3 on Cienette show on the show shortly on the show shortly
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Big Pass Ln, Siesta Key, FL 34242
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