MARATHON — Coast Guard and sheriff's crews are searching for two women who reportedly jumped from a small row boat off the Florida Keys and tried to swim ashore.
In a news release, the U.S. Coast Guard said the incident was reported early Tuesday morning by a man who was apparently on the boat with the women. Officials say a man called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office around 2:30 a.m., saying he lost sight of the women in the water.
The Coast Guard sent a helicopter crew from Miami and a boat crew from Marathon to search for the women.
No further details were immediately available.