The US Coast Guard rescued a man trapped on a jetty off the eastern Florida coast on Sunday, December 15, footage shows.Footage released by the US Coast Guard Southeast shows a crew member hoisting up the man onto a helicopter near St Lucie Inlet in Florida on Sunday afternoon.The US Coast Guard said that the man was wearing a personal locator beacon, which he used to notify watchstanders that he was in distress.“Today’s mission was truly a success,” Lieutenant Commander James Fennessey, an Air Station Miami MH-65 helicopter pilot, said, crediting the man’s ability to use his safety equipment and “the high level of training and readiness our crews maintain in order to conduct rescues like this.”The man was taken to the Stuart airport with no medical concerns.According to
local reports, the man ended up on the jetty after he fell off a Jet Ski. Credit: US Coast Guard Southeast via Storyful