VIDEO: Dog rescued by authorities from the ocean in Florida

DESTIN, Fla. – An officer with Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office rescued a dog from the sea, east of Pensacola, Fla. Thursday afternoon.

According to authorities, Sgt. Brian Parkton saw what he believed was a sea turtle, but when he took his boat closer, he discovered it was a small, white dog that had fallen off a pontoon boat. The dog eagerly approached the boat and allowed Parkton to take her out of the water and place her in his boat.

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She was returned to her family, which had been searching for her in in the water from the pontoon boat.


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