Video of Sheriff’s Office pilot rescue available

Video of Monroe County Sheriff Deputy Trevor Pike rescuing a downed pilot from Bayside waters in the Lower Keys on Sunday is now available via the Sheriff’s Office YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@beckyherrin1

The Sheriff’s Office was notified at approximately 10:18 a.m. Deputy Pike transported the pilot, there were no passengers, to waiting paramedics at Venture Out Resort on Cudjoe Key.

The pilot was identified as 40-year-old Adam Joseph Barney of Orlando, Florida. The sunken aircraft was an Aero Commander 500.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also responded to the incident.

Aviation authorities will be investigating the crash.

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