Video: Hillsborough County deputies rescue 2 men, dog from sailboat

Deputies rescue men & dog from boat

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shared bodycam video showing deputies with the Marine Unit saving two men and a dog aboard an adrift sailboat on Sept. 16, 2025.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is praising deputies with its Marine Unit for safely rescuing two men and a dog from a sailboat that had gone adrift.

The backstory:

HCSO says the men and dog went missing while aboard a 25-foot sailboat on Tuesday morning.

Bodycam video from the sheriff's office shows deputies tracking down the boat in the Shipping Channel just north of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

The deputies safely towed the boat, the men and their dog back to Bishop Harbor. No one was injured.