DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Beach patrol personnel had somewhat of an eventful day on Tuesday, rescuing a swimmer in the Daytona Beach surf and tending to a dead manatee that washed ashore in New Smyrna Beach.
"Volusia County Beach Safety flew the red flag today," Senior Captain Tamra Marris of the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue wrote in an email to Headline Surfer. "We rescued one person out of the ocean without incident. We had a deceased manatee wash up a little afternoon in the 1000 block south of the beach S the beach in New Smyrna, unknown cause of death.."
"Volusia County Beach Safety flew the red flag today," Senior Captain Tamra Marris of the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue wrote in an email to Headline Surfer. "We rescued one person out of the ocean without incident. We had a deceased manatee wash up a little after noon in the 1000 block south of the beach S the beach in New Smyrna, unknown cause of death.."
Marris said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Volusia County Marine Mammal Stranding Team were notified for further investigation.