Cellphone video captured by Robert Nay showed the unique air rescue
A young girl who was struggling in the water at a beach in Pensacola was saved after a drone carried and dropped a floatation device.
Cellphone video captured by Robert Nay showed the unique air rescue.
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According to Nay, three young girls were in the water, swimming on a red flag, when one of them got caught in a riptide.
When the girl started to struggle, Nay said a man who was shark fishing at the beach saw the incident, grabbed a floatation device and flew it out to the girl with his drone.
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Nay identified the man as Andrew Smith and said he bought the girl enough time until fire rescue crews arrived.
No injuries were reported.
