I wonder if they took a pic or video?!
Florida fisherman hooks live missile in Gulf
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. -- (AP) --
Florida authorities say a
commercial fisherman reeled in a live missile in the
Gulf of Mexico and kept it on his
boat for 10 days.
The sheriff's office in Pinellas County said the boat's
captain, Rodney Salomon, hooked the air-to-air guided missile 50 miles off the Panhandle town of
Panama City. The Air Force and
Navy use Gulf waters off the Panhandle for weapons
training.
Salomon had the missile aboard his
boat for 10 days before returning Monday to port in
Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg.
A bomb squad was called in from MacDill Air Force Base and dismantled the missile in an empty parking lot.
The bomb squad said the missile was very corroded from floating in saltwater for a long time. They said it was live and in a very unstable state.
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