The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued seven people after their vessel was struck by lightning off Florida.
The incident took place about 100 miles offshore of Clearwater, Pinellas County.
A four-person aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater traveled in an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to rescue the two men and five women, and brought them to the air station where their family members were waiting.
The search for the boat took nearly two hours.
According to a U.S. Coast Guard press release, the seven people were thankfully in good condition.
The Coast Guard District Seven command center found the vessel in distress after receiving an alert from the vessel’s emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB)….