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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. Man missing for 2 weeks at sea found alive, drifting in life raft off ...
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 ...
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 ...
When he resurfaced, he found only a few planks floating, one of which he used for extra buoyancy. [6] Lim was spotted by the crew of U-172 but instead of rescuing him, they laughed at him and waved him away. [6] After about two hours in the water, Lim found and boarded a wooden life raft. In the distance he saw another raft, carrying four or ...
The next day, on Callahan's 76th day afloat in the raft, fishermen picked him up just offshore, drawn to him by birds hovering over the raft, which were attracted by the ecosystem that had developed around it. [4] During the ordeal, he faced sharks, raft punctures, equipment deterioration, physical deterioration, and mental stress.
When the engine of their 23-foot skiff failed they found themselves adrift and were forced to eat fish and seagulls to stay alive, he told the Coast Guard. Colombian sailor found alive after 2 ...
José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012.
A 64-year-old hiker missing in Oregon’s Shore Acres State Park was found alive over the weekend, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release that the hiker had not been seen ...