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The sea life was all part of an ecosystem that evolved around his raft and followed him for 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) across the ocean. He collected drinking water from two solar stills (the third of which he had cut open in order to know how to use them) and various jury-rigged devices for collecting rainwater , which together produced ...
On June 21, shreds of raincoat material, believed to be remnants of the raft, were found on a beach not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. The following day, a prison boat picked up a deflated life jacket made from the same material 50 yards (46 m) off Alcatraz Island. According to the final FBI report, no other physical evidence was found.
The Trashman foundered in 40–50-foot (12–15-meter) seas and sank while the five crew members gathered on an 11-foot (3.4-meter) Zodiac life raft. Over the next several days, three crew members would die. Two – Mark Adams and John Lippoth – drank seawater, became delusional, left the raft, and were eaten
One of two men missing at sea for nearly two weeks was found alive on Thursday by a Canadian fishing boat in a life raft in Canadian waters, approximately 70 miles northwest of Cape Flattery ...
A man on a boat from Washington state that went missing two weeks ago was found floating in a raft in the Pacific, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday.
This incident is featured on the I Shouldn't Be Alive episode "76 Days Adrift". Callahan's story also featured on an episode of British survival expert Ray Mears's television series Extreme Survival. In 2024, the book was made into the feature documentary "76 Days Adrift," Executive Produced by Ang Lee and Steven Callahan and directed by Joe ...
The Baileys wrote an account of their ordeal entitled 117 Days Adrift (published with the title Staying Alive! in the United States), which was published in 1974 by Adlard Coles Nautical. Alvaro Cerezo interviewed Maurice Bailey and wrote an article "117 Days Adrift" about the Baileys' experience, followed up by an eight-minute short film ...
A body found Friday in the Colorado River is believed to be that of a New Mexico man who went into the waterway on a homemade raft with his dog last month, officials said.. The Coconino County ...