Lost Ohio family rescued in swamp

MIAMI - An Ohio family spent a rainy night in the vast Florida Everglades when their airboat became stuck in vegetation so thick that rescuers could not see them from the ground.

The Schreck family was found safe Friday when rescuers heard them blowing whistles and an air horn. The father, an avid outdoorsman, said he simply took a wrong turn.

“Took a right and couldn’t get the boat turned around,” Scott Schreck, 44, told reporters after he and his family were brought to dry land. Schreck was joined on the boat by his 42-year-old wife, Carrie, and their three young boys.

Front Section, Pages 2 on 04/06/2013

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