Fri, Nov 24th, 2023 - 5:37am
September 26, 2022 - 7:28am | By Kyle Cornell
(Destin, FL) -- A Minnesota family is the driving force behind a new alert system that debuted in Florida this week.
Aqua Alert is similar the Amber Alert system, but works to find missing boaters and kayakers. The family of David Schink devised the system after he went out on a kayak in Destin, Florida and never returned.
Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips has added the Aqua Alert as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that has passed the House.
If it passes the Senate, the U.S. Coast Guard would implement a pilot program as early as January 2023.
