PALM COAST, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who’d gotten lost in a Florida swamp was rescued by deputies during a dark rescue mission last month.
It happened Aug. 28 after Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted that a man had been lost in local marshland in the dark for more than an hour. According to the report, the man got lost after a heavy downpour in the area. Weather conditions were so bad that search drones were delayed in locating him.
Ultimately, the sheriff’s office said they pinpointed the man’s GPS coordinates from the initial distress call, which allowed them to locate him and come to his rescue on foot. FCSO body camera footage shows a deputy and commander wading through Princess Place Preserve in search of the lost man.
Deputies say the man was in waist-deep water when they found him. In the video, as the three individuals wade out of the swamp, the sound of their feet suctioning into the ankle-deep water can be heard.
Medical personnel evaluated the man after he was rescued, but he did not sustain any serious injuries.