Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders and good Samaritans rescued five people, Saturday, in two separate incidents near Anclote and Indian Rocks Beach. In the first incident, watchstanders received a call about seven miles west of Anclote on VHF-FM Channel 16 from a man who had lost sight of two of his friends who were diving off his boat. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed a small boat crew from Station Sand Key and a helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater to launch. Boat crews from two separate good Samaritan vessels located and rescued the divers.
