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>> yeah, when we got them out of the water, they were super thankful. they just said they bought that boat today. so it's hard to hear for someone that just purchased a vessel to have this outcome. just makes it super imperative you have, like, the properly equipment onboard for any type of situation. >> absolutely. and it's been a busy week for coast guard rescues. of course, a lot of people talking about the carnival cruise rescue. in a situation like that, where do you even begin? i imagine it's so much more difficult to spot one person out there in the ocean than a vessel. so how would you...

More than 100 Haitian migrants landed Monday afternoon after their vessel grounded on a sandbar south of Whale Harbor in Islamorada.

>> one of the men had been bitten on his hand, as you saw, and he was bleeding into the water. his life jacket, his orange life preserver had been ripped about halfway down by the fish. so we got him on board first, pulled him out of the water. >> reporter: all three fishermen suffered from hypothermia. >> they had multiple lacerations on their hand, almost down to the bone. we actually were able to recover one of the life jackets that had been eaten through by a shark. >> reporter: a nightmare fishing trip with a happy ending, one these men will never forget. >> that is terrifying. randi rand...

A TWRA spokesperson says officers learned a 42-year-old man from Hamilton County was not wearing a life jacket while he was trying to load his boat on a trailer in

This is the 26th boating fatality this year.