The saviors of Sanibel Island! Heroic Coast Guard crew shares footage of its dramatic rescues from island cut-off by Hurricane Ian

U.S. Coast Guard shows a Miami-based aircrew in a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue several people from cut off Sanibel Island in southwest Florida. A number of rescues are depicted including one of a grandmother and grandson. In a second rescue a woman is airlifted alongside a pet carrier containing her cat. A married couple are next to be airlifted from a home surrounded by fallen trees and driveway caked in sand washed ashore by the storm surge