Diver opens up about miraculous rescue off Florida Keys
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2023
- Dylan Gartenmayer, 22, joins TODAY and opens up about his miraculous rescue after being swept out to sea off the Florida Keys. Joined by his mother, Tabby, they share the moments when he was spotted in the water and pulled to safety.
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His mum is still trying to absorb the whole happening.. Thank you lord, a wonderful miracle has come to light🤲🏻
Grampa wasn’t coming home without his boy that’s for sure 💙
FKIN GRANDFATHER WAS GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR FLYING TO GET HIS BOY
FKIN number 1 FAMILY
I wanna be this mom to my kids. She has a bond so powerful with her son that she found him with her own GPS (womb strings). And most of all, GOD man.
I’m sure you are a great mom as well, well wishes may godbless.
WHY ARE MOMS SO GOOD AT FINDING THINGS????
Lol! So true😂
i really FELT that hug she gave her boy. He WAS almost gone forever, from her grasp.. the little boy she gave birth to and nurtured into adulthood. I"m so glad he's still here with us. It wasn't his time to go.
He's so tall. Is he single
@@cupidok2768 shoot your shot sis, you miss every shot you don't take 💅
@@stormbunnie6966 not basket
@@cupidok2768eew back up his single but I’m also interested 😊 so can we share?
Being a parent is terrifying. Amazing mother.
Wow the love this mother has for her son is Indescribable! You can hear it in her voice the pain she continues to feel knowing she could have lost her son.
Wow! The sun literally went down minutes after they found him..
!!!!!! Omg good point?!!!
Yeah he was extremely lucky
Looks like seconds
I sat on pins and needles. I cried and became overwhelmed concerning this. It was nothing short of a miracle! To God be the glory, and I'm happy he is safe and sound! Good job mom & to the other family members!♥👍🏽🙏🏽
I wish I had a mom like this 😭
You don’t? 😭
What happened to where you don't 😧?
A real mother!
I’m in tears the moment mama came n hugged him
A miracle indeed 🙌🏼 praise God.
My stomach dropped. Everytime I listen to this i feel the anxiety, the worry. I’m a mom. Thank God!
DIVINE INTERVENTION!!!🥰🙏🙏🙏MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY! HAVE FAITH
This is nothing short of a divine miracle from our Abba Almighty/Savior. halleluYAH!
Wow. People straight left him out there. They should've called coast guard IMMEDIATELY after they realized hes missing & exhausted all resources aboard in searching for him. Sea tow can come refuel the boat. Purely a divine miracle from our Father Almighty is what ocurred here.
They did and coastguard was also searching for him. I think they needed to go in to get more family help and supplies
@@chanj2109 I watched the full today show vid. At the end he says they left him and never called the coastguard.
I’m confused about that. If they didn’t call, how did the family and Coast Guard even know he was out there?
There’s a video the neighbor’s security camera caught of the family in their boat FLYING down the canal (slow zone) to try and find him, leaving a wake that had the neighbor boats clocking against the walls.
That’s my favorite vid around this story. ❤
@M McMann yeah I'm confused too. Perhaps he they decided to call the coastguard after the fact?
Wow. Thank Heavens for a Mother's Love.
It is amazing how fast the light was fading. They found him in the very last moments of sunset light.
Wow !! A mothers love ❤️
It all clicked. Prayers of thanks.
Definitely a needle in a haystack. What a blessing !
I wish I had a parent that loved me like that
Everyone deserves parents like that. I’m sorry you didn’t get them. I hope you find the love and support and mentorship you deserve at some point. Sending up prayers that you will.
WoW, being a Mom of two boy's myself this most definitely gave me goosebumps. Way to go Mom and Family. So happy your Boy is safe. Sad to think he was left behind though, hopefully those Facebook guys will see this and learn from it. ❤
I'm weeping
Wow! Shame on those Facebook divers/boaters! Thank God he was found! A Mother's love and Family's love trumps everything else! That village 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Their intuition and knowledge of how he dives, the video when Mom pulls his lil self out of the open water and the relief as she lifts him up out grabbing to hug him😢😢😢😢 shows the anguish leaving her soul! The hooping and hollering and cheers all shouted in relief as they laid sight on him! May God continue to Bless their Family! As per those obtuse FB individuals, they must be charged with reckless abandonment!! And take accountability! He could have died!!!
Omg! What a story. But what about these random FB friends who just left him and didn't call the coast guard 😳
What a blessing
Yasssssssss nobody but GOD so thankful prayer works family love and being prepared.
@@KayRay1966 bc one God don't make us do anything he gives us free will choice. Those men chose to leave him while his family chose to go look for him and God guided them and once they were nearby gave the mom the intuition her son was close by. God prepared them bc of their choices. Choose WISELY God or the evil one that's what it boils down too!
Great rescue. Will expect to see this on an episode of ' I survived', very soon 😁. Bless them.
They left you to die? It might be important to at least give their names to authorities just in case they do this in the future to someone. So glad you have a family who loves you.
The friends alerted the family and coast guard
They could have called from their place and stay at the spot cause when you leave, how can you find the spot again
@@beauwatkins9096They werent his friends, just some random people he got to know from Facebook. I guess real friends wouldnt leave him.
@@beauwatkins9096Did you not listen to what he said!
They weren't his friends so they wouldn't have known his family to call them! and they didn't call the Coast Guards!
They literally left this young man in the middle of the Ocean to die if not the sheer miracle of his loving family who found him he would be dead!
He needs to choose his dive buddies more carefully. Thank god his ok.
Real😮 creeps those ppl who left him behind
A miracle.
Supermom. Wow!
God has plans for this young man
This is my best friends son I got the phone call here in Sarasota I told him get out there right now unbelievable!!!!!
What an amazing family!
The video brought tears to my eyes. So glad he is ok. Can I ask, if the “friends” didn’t call, how did the family find out he was out there?
@@mmcmann9539 they called two hours later
@@mmcmann9539 but never called the coast guard
@@AngelRodriguez-th3im
Wait....why are other media outlets stating that the Coast Guard WAS called & the mother states in this interview that the Coast Guard was looking for him, but weren't the 1's who found him?
Without conscious effort, from unconsciously knowing the frequency of his grandfather's boat, people with this much true love & respect for the sea, were given their son back by the sea, their love of ocean & each other. Sappy? Sure. True? The truest.
As an indigenous woman and free diver, I wonder how many divers laughed at anchor saying, he held his breath for two minutes. TWO minutes.😂Dive on. Dive on. Dive on.
No need to quit, glad he will keep diving. Hopefully with some safety gear and better people.
Shame on the guys that left him!
There should be some type of criminal charges against those that just left him and didn’t bother calling the coastguard to report him missing. Didn’t anyone have a phone on the boat???
@@patl.4170 totally agree, this is pure recklessness in disregarding a human life.
@@patl.4170 yeah hope they will find those people on their FB account. unbelievable
Those guys who left him out there should be charged!!!
Miracles really do happen. Thank you, Lord.✝️
that is not needle in a haystack, its needle in the middle of a forest, my man is super crazy lucky! my friend was never found and there was 3-4 dozen boats looking for him. Me im going to eat a apple air tag!
For real. I got a wife, kids, businesses. I'd be a fool to go out blue water hunting and not have a Plan B, C, D & E to ensure Im getting back home.
Who's shootin up in the barn is what I want to know. - Tom Cotter.
I thought AirTags won’t work unless there’s other phones near by ?😅
Dude I laughed at the AirTags hahaha. One interviewer that they joined gifted him with apple watch ultra but that watch has mediocre battery life. He should make sure to charge his watch at full battery before going out to the sea and bring an airtag for extra lol. Just not sure tho if it will survive the depth that he is diving.
Miracles do happen 😘
Great mom
I've never knew that you could be dragged out by an undercurrent when you're already out on the open sea. Well, I ain't never gonna be swimming in the open ocean.
Haven't you ever seen finding Nemo?! Crush, Dori, and Marlin cruisin the E.A.C. lol "I'm looking for the East Australian Current." "You're ridin it, dude! Check it out!"
😂 MOM TO THE RESCUE, BABY! 🎉 😛 🎉
Crying like a baby watching this.
What kind of human just leave someone out in the ocean and never calls for help. Do nothing!
Wait what? The guys he was with just left him and didn't call the Coast guard? Inconceivable
I wanted to hug the boy. 😓
God blessings
Nothing But God!
The people that left him stranded out there...🤯HEARTLESS!
🙏🏻
This is the only thing mass media is good for now a days. God bless Dylan and his family.
wish my son could see this
His mom has celebrity aura
They didn't report to the Coast Guard?? Im pretty sure that should be investigated by authorities.. definitely deserve a few years in prison..
It was not your time, you have so much to do in this life, growing up, being with your family and having your own family some day. God bless. The sea is unforgiving; I know because the boat I was on sank and thank hid the coast guard rescued us. My best to you and ur family
The people who left him behind should be charged with attempted . That sickening! Thank the lord for guiding your family to you!
Are charges made against those thay left him?
The Facebook people should be criminally charged…..I mean WTF. What’s the difference between someone getting in a suitcase and walking off. And someone getting in the ocean and riding off.
This is a a god thing true miracle.
The boaters who abandoned him should be charged and arrested. Did he say they didn't even call the coast guard? How was the Coast Guard notified??
That’s awful that the people on the boat just left him luf there and didn’t bother to alert the coastguard straight away 😤
Thank heavens for grandpas boat 😁👍🏻
Where did he find the bouys? Or bamboo was it? All those materials?
They were floating in the ocean
A think he said the buoys were at an area where there are reefs that he swam to.
@@mmcmann9539 are buoys something normally found under the sea?
@@drewb9743 sometimes to mark distance
@@drewb9743 no. It was probably above the reef so boats know where it is.
Holyshit chargers need to be brought against the people that abandoned him
It was his loved ones that took the initiative that saved him. If they had waiting around for God and done nothing, he'd be dead.
It was God that lead them to him.
Many comments about "the facebook friends" leaving him to die. I don't believe that was the situation. I agree the people on the boat probably did not call the Coast Guard and they did go to shore without him. They probably looked for him for an hour or more and when they could not find him made the decision to go to shore for help, which in my opinion was definitely wrong. They should have made calls from where they were. Best would be to get on channel 16 on the radio for a mayday call and also cell phones 911. Either one would have gotten the Coast Guard involved. And I do not blame the kid that was lost to say "they just left". Because to him...they did. And being a smart experienced diver as he is believes they made the wrong decision. Can't punish the captain or the friends for a bad decision. They probably believed it was best to go to shore to get help.
Key *she was praying!!!* It was definitely God! I pray that you g recognizes and mother the whole family that God has for their life in Jesus name!
Looooong rope to boat next time fella glad ur safe 👍
They have devices that if a person needing emergency services or has an emergency, it can activated. It will tell Rescue Services your location within I belive a 100 meter circumference area! If activated, it will be sending an emergency beacon notification to the cloestest agencies! They have them in Alask! 😊
Oh wow, they just left him? Wow, that sucks. Dive with people you know
she may not be able to handle him ever spear fishing again
How did the friends did not search him? Odd
I know very little about diving but could you carry more safety equipment. Small flair gun, laser light, or a signal light or a radio in a small bag. Or is this a dumb idea?
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤
Very strange that the people driving the boat he dived off of left him and didn’t look for him. Something is “fishy” with this story.
and... weather apps warn about riptide. Those who live on the coast know better than to go in the water during riptide.
That's not exactly what happened. He got caught in the underwater tides and kept getting pushed further and further by the tide
@Sharon Duffey those are not always accurate, especially off shore.
You'd be surprised how often that happens on these trips. Saw a story where they never found 1 guy.
Welcome to 2023. Nothing is real
I would have never left him there. They initially left him out there?
How irresponsible of those othe people! They didn't even call the coast guard to report him missing!!
Isn't that a plotpoint from Avatar: Water?
People been praying in Jesus' name... Edit: Ah, you see.. 7.10 time mark "And I am praying.." says mom. 100% God Who told her to slow down and there he was. Hallelujah! Glory to God! It is God's miracle.
I don’t understand! So many emergency equipment for divers!
Take an Apple ultra watch
tied what bouys together
They were located at the reef.
Young men do risky behavior. He doesn’t realize that he could die. I bet he continues the risky behavior.
They left him to die
I'm really is this 15 minutes of fame probably
He wasn’t looking for fame he was lost
That sentence is something.
@@mmcmann9539 I think she meant his 15 minutes of fame but we all knew what she meant
So he just found 2 random buoys floating in the middle of the ocean.....
No. He explained how he found them.
No. They were at the reef.
He needs an air tag or Apple Watch and they could find his body faster than this seemingly staged event. 🤣🤭
and heed riptide warnings 🙄
It wasn’t a riptide
Staged? For what? It could have been due to divine intervention, luck, coincidence, family know-how, mothers intuition, son’s survival skills, or all of the above.
@@min_oaka2617 or it could be staged. 🤷🏻♀️
Thank God, that this good looking white man was saved!!
😂
He is good looking
Leave race out of stories where it isn't essential.
🤣🤣🤣
🙏😇 ~ I do NOT see this as a miracle. Sorry. One thing that was left out of this video is that the family already knew where to go because they went to his favorite diving spot. And they even had the GPS coordinates to his favorite diving spot. So that’s where they went and that’s where they found him. So it was not a needle in a haystack.
And I’m guessing the reason the Coast Guard couldn’t find him is because these random people he was with didn’t know the coordinates from where they were before and where he went missing. So the Coast Guard was either trying the best they could or had wrong information to begin with.
Sometimes there are things that happen that are completely unexplainable. And sometimes it is so unexplainable that it would seem to be a miracle. But this is absolutely not one of them. Sorry.
He was a mile from the gps coordinates. They could have easily missed him if the mom didn’t tell them to stop when they did, he hadn’t found the buoys, or it was dark.
Definitely IS a miracle
That makes more sense. I was thinking it looked staged.
@@ThatGirlLib god the internet has ruined you 🫤
@@liagenzy No, the internet has made a living for me. It’s all good. 🤣🤷🏻♀️
Okay no more free diving without a line tied around your ankle!