CLEARWATER, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from Tennessee after their boat capsized Wednesday some 15 miles off Florida's Gulf Coast.The agency said in a news release that the boaters called at 2:09 p.m., saying their flat bottom fishing boat was taking on water and they needed assistance.A Jayhawk helicopter crew located the men wearing life jackets and clinging to the capsized boat.
They rescued Karim Odeh, Mark LaRoche and Kevin LaRoche, all of Cookeville, Tennessee.The crew hoisted them into the helicopter and took them to Tampa General Hospital for further evaluation.