32 people rescued from sinking 'Lamborghini' yacht in Miami: Coast Guard
Authorities said 32 people were rescued from a sinking boat off the Miami coast on May 3.
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water near Monument Island around 5 p.m. ET, the Guard said in an X post.
The 32 people rescued from the scene of the sinking 63-foot boat were recovered without injuries, the Guard said.
The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to request for comment from USA TODAY on May 4.
Witnesses told CBS Miami that the boat went vertical as it took on water.
"Yeah, it was straight up in the water. It definitely didn't look ordinary, and it's just very concerning," Rachael Miller told the station.
The Guard said May 3 that commercial salvage was working to recover the boat and that it was not hazardous to navigation.
'Lamborghini' boat sinks near wealthy enclave
Dispatch audio obtained by CBS Miami described the boat as a "Lamborghini vessel." The boat was identified by Yachts Worldwide, a yacht-dedicated social media account, as a Lamborghini Tecnomar in a video of the rescue scene it posted.
Monument Island, near where the boat sank, is small man-made island that is home to a 110 foot-tall obelisk that honors Henry Flagler, a developer of Florida's east coast, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper notes that the island is near the wealthy Hibiscus, Star and Palm Island enclaves.
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