Body of missing boater found after son, 2 others swim to shore
By FOX 13 News Staff
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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit located the body of Dwight Haggins, 33, after they say a dingy he was in with three other people, including his 6-year-old son, sank Friday night.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call for help in the water behind Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School around 11:10 p.m. on Friday.
Investigators say Nicholas Dunski, 31, Dunski launched his dingy from the Madeira Beach McDonalds located at 650 150th Avenue with Haggins, Haggin’s son and Erik Echols, 31, and headed south toward Dunski’s boat, which was anchored offshore.
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Want a lighthouse? You can get one for free, but there are some strings attached
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
FILE - In this July 7, 2006, file photograph, fishermen cast on the rocky shore at the Beavertail Lighthouse, the third-oldest lighthouse in America, at the tip of Beavertail State Park, on Narragansett Bay, in Jamestown, R.I. The federal government s General Services Administration announced the U.S. Coast Guard has decided it no longer needs four of the nation s most storied and picturesque lighthouses, including the Beavertail Lighthouse. The government says it ll make the historic lighthouses and their outbuildings available at no cost to federal, state and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; educational and community development agencies; or groups devoted to parks, recreation, culture, or historic preservation. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP
MADEIRA BEACH â Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office reported about 8:16 a.m. May 15 that the body of a boater reported missing offshore Madeira Beach had been found.
Deputies responded to Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School, 501 Tom Stuart Causeway, about 11:10 p.m. May 14 after someone reported hearing someone calling for help in the water behind the school.
According to detectives with the Robbery/Homicide Unit, Nicholas Dunski, 31, launched his dingy from the Madeira Beach McDonalds, 650 150th Ave., with Dwight Haggins, 33, Hagginsâ son Kapone Fitzergald, 6, and friend Erik Echols, 31. They traveled southbound under the Tom Stuart Causeway on their way to Dunskiâs boat anchored offshore.
U.S. government giving away 4 lighthouses for free; so what s the catch?
By FOX 5 NY Staff and AP Staff
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Beavertail Lighthouse in Jamestown, R.I. (Handout photo by Jeremy D Entremont via GSA)
NEW YORK - The federal government is making available for free some waterfront properties with a lot of maritime history and amazing views to match. But there s a catch (there always is).
The U.S. Coast Guard has decided it no longer needs four of the
nation s most picturesque lighthouses. And now the General Services Administration is inviting federal, state, and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; educational and community development agencies; or groups devoted to parks, recreation, culture, or historic preservation to apply to take over the historic lighthouses and their outbuildings available free of charge. Anyone that intends to snatch up these lighthouses will be required to maintain them in line with various federal and local requirements, which is costly.