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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chelsea Ritschel

Video captures family searching for missing son in shark-infested waters: ‘This is so scary and beautiful’

TikTok / Priscilla Gartenmayer

A family has recounted the emotional moment they rescued their 22-year-old family member from the sea after he’d been missing for hours.

Priscilla Gartenmayer posted a video on TikTok of the rescue, which took place in Key West, Florida, and reflected on her family’s quest to save her cousin, Dylan Gartenmayer. Dylan had been spearfishing and freediving with a group of friends when he got separated from the boat.

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