Two people were rescued Saturday from an 80-foot yacht that sunk 3 miles off the coast of St. Augustine Beach in Jacksonville, Florida. It hit an unknown object and began to take on water, the driver said.

The US Coast Guard rescued two people this weekend after their luxury sports yacht sank off the Florida coast. The operator of the Atlantis, an 80-foot yacht. alerted the US Coast Guard on Saturday morning that the boat had struck an object and was taking on water.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two mariners aboard an 80-foot yacht that began taking on water off the coast of Florida.