Coast Guard plans major rescue effort for stranded residents of 

Coast Guard plans major rescue effort for stranded residents of Pine Island, Florida

Paramedics and other volunteers with a group that helps rescue people after

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natural disasters went door to door Saturday on Florida's devastated Pine Island,

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offering to evacuate residents who rode out Hurricane Ian only to find

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themselves stranded in a landscape of flooded homes without water or electricity.

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The largest barrier island off Florida's Gulf Coast, Pine Island has been

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largely cut off from the outside world. Ian heavily damaged the only bridge to the

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island, leaving it only reachable by boat or air.The Lee CountySheriff's Office

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reported Saturday evening that the U.S. Coast Guard was planning a "waterborne"

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evacuationSunday. Residents were asked to come to the island's

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