UPDATE:
Mayor of Tampa, Jane Castor shared in press conference that Lieutenant Dan was resuced.
“The Tampa Police Department, this morning, just saved Lieutenant Dan. He has been rescued, and he is now in a shelter as well. If we can get Lieutenant Dan to go to a shelter, we can get anybody to do that.”
The Story:
The famous Florida man, “Lieutenant Dan” is refusing to leave his boat in Tampa Bay, despite warnings. The reason why went viral on social media.
“The water’s going to come in, it’s going to rise. If you’re on land, it’s going to flood. You’re risking drowning. I’m in a boat, so the boat goes up with the water… it’s really the safest place to be, on my boat,” Joe “Lieutenant Dan” Sea said.
@terrenceconcannon Lot of people have been commenting this, so thought I would ask him. I have a hotel for him near the Tampa airport, but his is still hesitant on going. There have been many attempts from police to get him out of there, so hoping he makes the right decision and leaves 🙏
A TikToker, “Tampa Terrence,” is talking with Joe since Hurricane Helene hit the US. Joe, who received his nickname after Forrest Gump’s amputee Lieutenant Dan, scared his fans on social media, as he stated that he will not leave, despite the heavy evacuation warnings.
Even the local authorities tried to convince Lieutenant Dan to seek shelter, but the man refused to leave.
“I know that God didn’t bring me this far for something to happen to me,” he said in his interview with The Weather Channel.
“The more you go through it, the more you learn,” Joe Sea added. “I’m confident in my ability to ride it out unless it turns into a Wizard of Oz-type situation, and I wind up in Kansas.”
“I’ll be here. I’ll see you Friday.”
@aliwithaneye @JoeSea and @Jim cantore #legends #lieutenantdan #jimcantore ♬ original sound – Ali 💋 Florida Mama
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