So we have two different places for the ditching - Patowalker's image shows the ditching as taking place opposite the West Cocoa Beach Causeway, the link to Dan Gryder's video that Sooty25 provided (I watched a snatch chancing cauliflower ears, perhaps Dan earned a few more cents from me clicking the link?) shows it as happening pretty much where I said it did, just a half mile up the coast from Patrick's threshold. Who is right?
Third pic down in the first link below shows the aircraft being craned ashore - note the palm trees and the stop sign. You will also see the same trees and sign in the Google Maps link.
The Aviationist:
https://tinyurl.com/5y9cdz6rGoogle Maps:
https://tinyurl.com/chhramsrRight next to Patrick AFB, just up from the runway...
The point is there's a lot of misinformation out there which then gets misrepresented as fact - I don't believe Gryder is doing anything useful - as somebody else said "Accident Investigation by YouTube is bad for everyone."
My earlier point about keeping a short stretch of beach clear under Patrick's approach if indeed it was the designated emergency airport is just something I think might be considered - with the hindsight of Shoreham and also the Spitfire crash at Rouen where an emergency runway was obstructed by spectators.