Airboat tourists stranded overnight in Everglades

An airboat tourist and his attempted rescue party were stranded in the Everglades overnight and found Monday morning, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Michael Ballard, a resident of Avon Park in Central Florida in his 50s, separated from a group airboat tour sometime before 8:30 p.m.

Lt. Fred North, from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and Wesley Mosser, a member of the tour, went out to look for Ballard later Sunday evening, but ran out of gas once they located him five miles out into the Everglades, officials said.