Students rescued from path of cruise ship in Florida

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Two jet skiers are speaking out after coming dangerously close to a Carnival Magic cruise ship in Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday during their spring break.

Skylar Penpasuglia and Allison Garrett of West Virginia were pulled to safety by Brevard County Sheriff's Deputy Taner Primmer on board his police boat.

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"He grabbed my life jacket and slung me in there, just in time," Penpasuglia told Inside Edition.

Primmer had seconds to throw the boat into reverse and back away from the ship.



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