Florida man and his dog get amazing 'rescue selfie' as Coast Guard arrives overhead [View all]

A Florida man’s decision to take his sailboat and his dog into Hurricane Helene ended with a mid-ocean rescue, but he got a heck of a selfie out of it.

Coast Guard officials in Florida released a remarkable mid-hurricane photo on Friday of a man and his dog in the middle of Hurricane Helene as a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hovers overhead with its cabin door open, indicating the helicopter’s crew is maneuvering toward his rescue.

Though the photo looks like a traditional ‘selfie,’ officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that it is a video frame from the helmet cam of a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who reached the man in the water. In the full video released by the Coast Guard, the man and dog are still on their boat when a Coast Guard crewman arrives. They briefly jump into the water — the dog somewhat reluctantly — and swim with the Coast Guard swimmer to the helicopter’s hoist cable.



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