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2 bodies recovered anchor mishap leads to drownings in Florida lake

2 bodies recovered anchor mishap leads to drownings in Florida lake
AGREED. THE NEXT COURT DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 1. STEWART: THE BODIES OF TWO BOATERS WHO WERE REPORTED MISSING IN LAKE ELOISE IN WINTER HAVEN HAVE BEEN FOUND. POLK COUNTY SHERIFF GRADY JUDD SAYS 5 PEOPLE RENTED A BOAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE OF THEM ENDED UP IN THE WATER AFTER A MISHAP WITH THE BOAT’S ANCHOR. WHILE ONE PERSON WAS RESCUED, ORLANDO ORTIZ AND JEFFREY MARRERO WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND FWC HELPED WITH T
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2 bodies recovered anchor mishap leads to drownings in Florida lake
Polk County deputies said they recovered the bodies of two missing boaters from Lake Eloise on Monday afternoon.On Saturday afternoon, Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero disappeared after trying to help Ortiz’s girlfriend, Velcky Velasquez, as she struggled with their rental boat’s anchor, which was not tied to the vessel before she jumped into the lake.While Velasquez survived, she said she last saw the two men struggling to stay afloat as their boat floated away, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.Full news conference: “The two gentlemen are told to us to be average swimmers,” Judd explained.Deputies arrived to rescue Velasquez after one of Marrero’s two children, who remained on the boat, called 911. The children were saved from the boat soon after Velasquez was saved.“The 10-year-old is, in essence, responsible for us saving the one lady,” Judd said Sunday.Monday, the Polk County Sheriff’s said, “four PCSO watercraft and sonar equipment, two FWC watercraft and sonar equipment, and a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office watercraft and their underwater drone” were deployed to search for the men.Sheriff Judd said they recovered Marrero’s body around 1:30 p.m. Ortiz’s body was recovered at 3:40 p.m.The sheriff said the men were found 300-400 yards from the shore at the bottom of the lake using FWC’s sonar equipment.Lake Eloise is now reopened.“You never ever want to leave the boat without a life jacket on,” said Dean Haskin.Haskin is the commander of Division 7 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.“I think people don’t realized is that you have many forces that act upon the boat,” Haskin said. “You have wind, you have tides, you have currents.”Top headlines: Sheriff: Anchor mishap led to possible double drowning on Polk County lake2 Florida zoos voted best in the countrySpring break travelers facing flight delays in Orlando

Polk County deputies said they recovered the bodies of two missing boaters from Lake Eloise on Monday afternoon.

On Saturday afternoon, Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero disappeared after trying to help Ortiz’s girlfriend, Velcky Velasquez, as she struggled with their rental boat’s anchor, which was not tied to the vessel before she jumped into the lake.

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While Velasquez survived, she said she last saw the two men struggling to stay afloat as their boat floated away, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

Full news conference:

“The two gentlemen are told to us to be average swimmers,” Judd explained.

Deputies arrived to rescue Velasquez after one of Marrero’s two children, who remained on the boat, called 911. The children were saved from the boat soon after Velasquez was saved.

“The 10-year-old is, in essence, responsible for us saving the one lady,” Judd said Sunday.

Monday, the Polk County Sheriff’s said, “four PCSO watercraft and sonar equipment, two FWC watercraft and sonar equipment, and a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office watercraft and their underwater drone” were deployed to search for the men.

Sheriff Judd said they recovered Marrero’s body around 1:30 p.m. Ortiz’s body was recovered at 3:40 p.m.

The sheriff said the men were found 300-400 yards from the shore at the bottom of the lake using FWC’s sonar equipment.

Lake Eloise is now reopened.

“You never ever want to leave the boat without a life jacket on,” said Dean Haskin.

Haskin is the commander of Division 7 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

“I think people don’t realized is that you have many forces that act upon the boat,” Haskin said. “You have wind, you have tides, you have currents.”

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