SPRING Breakers have been pictured wrestling and drinking as wild crowds have descended in south Florida to celebrate without Covid restrictions for the first time in two years.
The chaotic scenes come after six West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine mixed with fentanyl while celebrating Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale.
The six who overdosed have been identified as football players at the US Military Academy at West Point.
All six people were rushed to local hospitals, where one of the victims is intubated in the intensive care unit and in critical condition, according to officials.
A West Point spokesperson said: “The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving West Point cadets, which occurred Thursday night in Wilton Manors, FL.
The incident is currently under investigation…”
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Miami and Fort Lauderdale, known as "Spring Break Central," usually serve as the Spring Break destination for thousands of college students and tourists looking for a rowdy time.
From this weekend until early April, the state will see an unprecedented number of visitors, officials said on Friday.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that about 570,00 students will be on holiday at the same time in Florida.
Tampa's International Airport is already seeing passenger counts that exceed the same record-breaking dates in 2019, some by as much as 29 percent, according to the local news outlet.
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In total, more than 39,000 travelers per day are expected to arrive at the Tampa airport during Spring Break.
“The 2022 spring break period, which runs through April 26, will see peak days that reach nearly 88,000 passengers and many that will exceed 80,000 — a very strong comparison to 2019 spring break, which beat all prior airport records,” the airport said in a statement.
In comparison, 2021 saw about 65,000 passengers per day at most, and in 2020, some Spring Break days saw as few as 1,500 passengers a day.
In Miami officials also expect to see much larger numbers of tourists.
"We absolutely expect at least double if not triple what we saw last year as far as attendance," Fort Lauderdale Police Maj Bill Schultz told NBC Miami.
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Due to the chaos of previous years, officials have implemented new rules this year, banning tents, coolers, and any other folding furniture from the sand, as well as loud music and speakers.
Additionally, electric or motorized scooters are banned until further notice.
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