Suspected Mine Spotted Floating Off Port Everglades

5:54 PM, Feb 9, 2012   |    comments
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PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to a suspected mine floating about a mile off the coast of Port Everglades.
    
A Coast Guard spokeswoman says crews set up a 300-foot safety zone around the device Thursday afternoon. It was reported a short time earlier by a Good Samaritan.
    
The spokeswoman says the U.S. Navy is on the way to retrieve the object and determine whether it is dangerous.

Associated Press