Person missing while swimming near bridge in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg FL
Missing PersonA person went missing while swimming near buoys and a bridge in St. Petersburg, Florida. Emergency services and police are searching both water and land for the missing swimmer wearing no shirt. A fireboat and multiple units are involved in the search. There is a report a bystander saw one swimmer continue swimming and another head north on land. Authorities are coordinating with sheriff deputies to extend the search area.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
06:40
Transcript:
00:00
I just got out north of the bridge working at least south. What do you got?
00:05
All right, there is, the only thing I have, I can check on the bankrows. There is a tunnel that goes underneath of north to south.
00:15
It's going to be just east of the cruiser that's parked on the bridge.
00:19
If somebody wants to try to check that, that's probably a good area that I can't clear.
00:27
I got you. Give me one. Let me just play list and now we'll go do that.
00:32
Okay.
00:34
Okay.
00:36
Okay.
01:09
587. Copy.
01:24
So he saw about three bullies back from the location I'm at right now where the three buildings are.
01:31
Maybe two.
01:33
And I can see that entire field from here, and I'm not saying anything from here.
01:38
Can they get a better description of the actual person we're looking for? Are they wearing a shirt?
01:47
Just went trunk, no shirt.
01:51
You guys have goggles on.
01:56
5.01,
02:03
District 23.
02:04
I haven't encountered anybody in the water swimming.
02:07
Do we know what their final location was?
02:15
Sounds to me like it was more out toward the buoys where 361 and truck 20 are.
02:25
Their final location where they were supposed to end their swim.
02:30
I think they're heading south.
02:35
It's kind of here where we're at right now.
02:37
The fireboat is out where he lasts off.
02:42
Three guys reach this area up, that's getting.
02:53
3E4 on scene. 3.2, I have you on scene, thank you.
03:23
First location.
03:26
(name withheld) went to truck 20. Just with where you are.
03:31
They're just south of me, Marine 23.
03:34
Todd, you got to do the line.
03:43
Let's see and fire tech off.
03:48
Friend.
03:50
Are we upgrading this in expectation or any other additional units needed or just second alarm?
03:56
Think just a second alarm for now.
04:01
Undersecretion units to Rescue 3, Engine 5, LR1 and District 5.
04:08
Copy. Add a truck to this.
04:17
You guys can just pop in, maybe see if you get seen that Tullo Eagle with what I'm talking about.
04:23
We're just clearing west out towards the, uh,
04:26
the water now.
04:50
501 command.
04:55
Go ahead.
04:59
His net was a bystander. He says he saw the one swimmer keep going, a second one get up at my location, turn around and head north.
05:09
Head north on land.
05:18
Howard Friends, I'm back. Rescue 97 was a reporting party.
05:33
They were headed south south.
05:38
Come in, I can't do that.
05:46
Maureen, you want to head that way as well?
05:48
Rick those are copies.
05:58
Secreted dispatch.
06:00
Acker God.
06:02
You can place Eckerd risky 7 on the cross.
06:05
Honestly, Bryce 7.
06:11
Dispatch, could you also advise PD? I see if there's a PD unit much further north, that they may be headed in that direction.
06:24
Honestly, I'm gonna tell PD that's kind of up a beach.
06:31
There's a sheriff deputy in that area looking for our missing person. Could you alert the sheriff's department that they may have been headed back in that direction?
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Location mentioned:
Near 9th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710
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