2 girls adrift solo in boat as adults vanish in FL lake, say cops.

Two men are presumed dead after a series of boating mishaps that left two girls drifting alone across Lake Eloise in Florida. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 38-year-old Velcky Velasquez of Winter Haven survived by floating on her back as the boat drifted away. The men, Jeffrey Marrero and Orlando Ortiz, vanished while attempting to rescue Velasquez, and are believed to have died in the water trying to catch the boat. The group had been celebrating the one-year anniversary of Velasquez and Ortiz as a couple when the mishaps occurred. All three adults were inexperienced boaters and were using a rented 16-foot Tahoe ski boat. The boat with the two girls aboard continued drifting across the lake into a swamp, where it got hung up in weeds. The lake is now closed to boaters while a search continues for the two men. Searchers are using side scan sonar and an underwater drone.