‘Oh God! You made it!’: FL diver rescued by household after being swept out to sea by present

Exceptional video going viral on social media exhibits a Florida household reuniting with a beloved one who was misplaced at sea for hours after a present swept him away whereas diving.

A good friend known as the cousin of lacking Dylan Gartenmayer round 5:45 p.m. Jan. 19 after two hours of trying to find the 22-year-old off the coast of Key West with no luck.

“We have been advised that he went down for a dive and didn’t resurface. So we have been pondering the worst,” Priscilla Gartenmayer advised Storyful. She and her boyfriend frantically took her grandparents’ boat out and set sail for the world Dylan’s pals final noticed him.

There was no signal of him because the solar continued to set. Priscilla, accustomed to the world, thought her cousin would try and swim to a close-by reef if he noticed it, however the reef was over two miles away situated off the Boca Chica Key.

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“Earlier than we even fully stopped the boat to begin wanting, Joel Cruz [Gartenmayer’s boyfriend] noticed Dylan close to the channel marker that marked that reef,” she mentioned. “The enjoyment we felt in that second is indescribable.”

The video exhibits Dylan being hugged by his household as he’s pulled aboard. “Oh Dylan! Oh my God, you made it! Oh God, Dylan,” might be heard. The household cried tears of aid and pleasure. 

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“Oh Dylan! Oh my God, you made it! Oh God, Dylan,” might be heard within the now viral sea rescue video.
(Priscilla Gartenmayer by way of Storyful)

“Shortly after, the Coast Guard got here and picked him as much as verify his vitals. His core temperature was barely low, however apart from that he was completely high-quality.” Gartenmayer mentioned. “We later have been in a position to choose up Dylan from the Coast Guard station and convey him dwelling.”

Dylan was free diving when the present carried him away underwater. When he surfaced, he couldn’t find the boat he had been on with two different males. He swam to the buoys marking the reef and clung for all times. 

The buoys marking the reef the place Dylan Gartenmayer clung for all times earlier than being rescued by his household. 
(Priscilla Gartenmayer by way of Storyful)

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“The water temperature was round 78 levels, in line with the Nationwide Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, and whereas that temperature sounds heat, hypothermia can set in. A swimmer can succumb to exhaustion and even unconsciousness in as little as three hours submerged, in line with the Coast Guard Auxiliary,” FOX Climate experiences.