New this morning a bay area boater rescued by the coast guard. His boat started taking on the water. In the middle of the gulf. But thankfully. He had a working radio. The coast guard got the mayday call just before three yesterday afternoon. A man said his 20 foot boat was sinking, about ten miles off johns pass. A coast guard helicopter crew flew down from clearwater to help. This is video of the rescue just released by the coast guard. When they got to the boat they say the man was trying to get the water out, with the only thing he had a cup they lowered a dewatering pump. And a rescue swimmer. And helped him back to a dock. If the water on the boat rose just another . Half an inch. The battery would have flooded and the boat would have gone under. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is covering this story for us. And shell bring us a live update. Coming up in our next half hour. A lot of Unanswered Questions this morning. After a car hit a young girl on her way to school. The girl is recovering
Connection to terrorism or any credible threat to the city but they do believe the explosion was an intentional act of some kind. I want you to look at the damage from that explosion. This picture was tweeted out by new york citys Counter Terrorism account. Were being told that the explosive device was found inside or near this dumpster. 29 people were hurt in this blast. One of the victims is believed toav possibly critical injuries. Take a listen to the citys fire commissioner give an update on the victims dan nigro 24 of these people have been transported to area hospitals with varying scrapes, abrasions, from glass from metal, thankfully none of these are life threatening injuries and the 24 patients have been removed are not in a serious condition other than the 1. We also heard during that press conference he says they dont know the exact nature or cause of the explosion but they ahve ruled out terrorism. Police are also investigating a second site about four blocks away. Were to