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Salvaging boats left behind by Hurricane Ian

    Staci Stevens’ boat business in St. James City, Florida, went from recreational to recovery after Hurricane Ian crashed onto land in late September. Now fishing is done only by cranes that fish badly damaged boats out of her marina, which has become a boating emergency room. Florida’s Fish & Wildlife Commission says there are more than 700 abandoned boats along the Gulf Coast, but only two-thirds have been removed. Correspondent Omar Villafranca reports this.