Hostages were inside the building. Shortly after, quick, stealth-like inflatable boats, each one loaded with marines, crashed the shore behind the Coast Guard station.
Shots rang throughout the building.
Doors opened, and in single file, the Marines made their way to where hostages were being held. In a matter of minutes, the 2nd Recon Batallion from Camp LeJune, N.C., took back Coast Guard Station Destin as part of its training mission. Marines took them to the boats the Marines arrived in. Corbett said the mission went well, even though the mission would have been performed at night had the mission been a real hostage situation. Later Saturday, the mission was repeated under the night sky.