Coast Guard crews have rescued three boaters in Florida after their boat flipped over and they were stuck at sea for nine hours.

Two anglers whose boat sank over the weekend in the Gulf of Mexico clung to an improvised float and fought off sharks while the third swam to search for help.

The Coast Guard rescued eight boaters Sunday aboard a disabled vessel near Galveston.

Two people are missing after their boat sank just west of the Galveston Causeway near Galveston Friday night.

Officials said the second body has now been recovered after a days-long search for the boaters who went missing on Lake Conroe last Friday evening.