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"One of two Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies who jumped into Lake Okeechobee to rescue two fishermen as their boat began to sink said he's relieved everyone is OK.Sgt. John Perez jumped into the lake Wednesday night to help the father and son after their boat ran out of gas and began taking on water.The 84-year-old man was in the bow of the boat and couldn't get out.Perez wasn't even supposed to be working when he heard the distress call and decided to take matters into his own hands.\"Like I said, there were some anxious moments last night, but once we got Mr. Jones out of the boat and we saw physically that everybody was okay, that sigh of relief kicks in and you're like, 'OK, we did something good tonight,'\" Perez told WPBF 25 News.The elderly man was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center with some broken ribs. He and his son are expected to be OK.View, Share Breaking News Photos On WPBF.com's u local:9146236"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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