A U.S. Coast Guard crew came to the rescue of 10 South Floridians after their pleasure boat ran out of gas off the coast of the Bahamas.
Coat guard officials said that, before the rescue, the boat had been adrift for hours.
Two Coast Guard cutter crews responded to the 28-foot disabled vessel about nine wiles west of Bimini, Monday afternoon.
Rescuers embarked eight boaters on board one cutter and two boaters on the other.
The rescued were brought safely to the Coast Guard station in Miami Beach.
The boaters were seen hugging relatives after their arrival.
Some of those rescued said they left for Bimini on vacation Sunday at around 8 a.m. Their trip took a troubling turn after they encountered inclement weather.
The boaters said they ran out of fuel about six miles off Bimini, earlier on Monday, leaving them stuck in the open ocean.
The boaters shot flares and used their radios to call help, initially to no avail.
However, Coast Guard crews eventually were able to answer their calls for help.
No one was injured, USCG officials said.