MIAMI An Ohio family of five that failed to return from an airboat excursion in the remote Florida Everglades was found safe Friday after searchers heard them blowing whistles and an air horn.
The family was spotted by a helicopter in thick vegetation, where their airboat apparently got stuck, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said. The vegetation was too dense to spot the family at ground level, even from nearby.
"We weren't able to see them, we were only able to hear them," Pino said. "They are in good condition."
The family was spotted by a helicopter in thick vegetation, where their airboat apparently got stuck, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said. The vegetation was too dense to spot the family at ground level, even from nearby.
"We weren't able to see them, we were only able to hear them," Pino said. "They are in good condition."