Two people are alright after falling off a boat in downtown St. Petersburg on Monday.

The unmanned boat went in circles for at least 30 minutes. Crews let the boat run out of fuel before stopping it.



Troy Petro said he a friend were trying to catch sharks roughly two miles from shore when they hit a wake and got thrown off the boat.



He said they swam for their life to avoid getting hit by the fast moving boat or bitten by the very sharks they were trying to catch by throwing chum in the water.

We're told a Good Samaritan rescued one of them.

FWC said the incident was caused by operator inexperience.



