2 rescued after boat sinks 40 miles off Bradenton By Jordan Bowen Jordan Bowen reports BRADENTON, Fla. - Two fishermen are safe after a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter pulled them to safety from their sinking boat Saturday morning about 40 miles west of Bradenton. "They just started taking on a bunch of water and before they could get out a distress call or get their flares or anything else the boat sank and then flipped upside down," U.S. Coast Guard Commander Micah Acree said. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the two men from Sarasota were fishing for red grouper when they noticed th...