FORT MYERS BEACH
On Friday, Lee County Sheriff’s Office dive teams searched the water and boats at Salty Sam’s Marina on Fort Myers Beach and found the boat belonging to a missing man.
The dive team located the sunken sailboat ‘Good Girl’ in Matanzas Pass and say they are actively recovering it.
72-year-old James Hurst. (Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
Missing person James Hurst was last known to have been on board during Hurricane Ian. The sheriff’s office did not say if Hurst was on board.
Good Girl sailboat underwater at Salty Sam’s Marina. (Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
A Salty Sam’s Marina employee said watching the investigation was emotional. “I would say bittersweet. You know, for what happened, maybe with that vessel, it does help us by getting one more sunken vessel out of the water. But I think, most importantly, it might help the family,” said Ryan Van Denabeele.
Divers investigating the Good Girl sailboat underwater at Salty Sam’s Marina. (Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
Hurst is the last unaccounted person from Fort Myers Beach in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
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