A terrified couple were left sharing one life jacket after becoming stranded in shark-infested waters near Tampa Bay, Florida, earlier this week.
Dramatic footage showed a man and a woman being rescued by sheriff's deputies roughly 200 yards away from a disabled boat on Monday (April 25), the Daily Star reported.
They rescued one person from on board the boat before rescuing the man and woman clinging to the life jacket.
Bodycam footage shared by the sheriff's office shows the two holding on to a single life jacket before the deputies pull the woman out of the water, telling her: "It's going to be hard to get up here."
When saving the man, he replied: "Appreciate you."
One he was finally on board safely, he joked that the officers have a "bad a** boat" before the pair were taken back to their boat, which they were able to start up again.
Sheriff Chad Chronister said the incident "could have ended very differently" had the deputies not been patrolling the waters.
He said: "Summer is just around the corner, I want to remind all boaters to ensure their vessels are in good condition, and to please, always wear a life jacket.
"These simple steps could be the difference between a beautiful day out on the water or a tragedy."
It comes days after a group of tourists were left badly injured after the terrifying moment a humpback whale smashed into their vessel.
The collision happened just off the coast of Mexico when a tourist boat was catapulted high into the air after the boat crashed into the back of the marine animal.
The shocking video footage also shows a number of passengers thrown into the sea. Reportedly, the collision has lead to five injuries with three kept in hospital and one reported as seriously injured in the incident, the Daily Star reported.
Local reports have confirmed an investigation is underway to discover why the tour boat had not kept a safe distance between the whale, with reports suggesting the boat was exceeding the speed limit.
The state's Civil Protection authority shared footage of the incident which apparently showed tourists crashing through the boat's cover and being thrown high into the air following the collision.
Civil Protection spokesperson Benjamin Garcia told local media that the boat's operators may not have known of the whale's presence, said: "The whale came up from the sea and that is when it pushed the boat, with some passengers falling and suffering injuries.
"Three people were hospitalised, one of them seriously, and two others were treated at the port."
