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Officials search Florida lake for missing boaters

20 March 2023
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2023-03-20 11:29

Authorities are searching for two boaters missing and believed drowned in a central Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. Polk County Sheriff said the two men jumped into Lake Eloise on Saturday evening to save a third person from their group, a woman, who was struggling in the water after jumping in with the boat's anchor.

The men became separated from the boat and disappeared. The woman was rescued by sheriff’s deputies after a girl on the boat dialed 911 on a cellphone. The lake is beside Legoland in Winter Haven, but the incident was not connected with the theme park.

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