An incredible story of survival at sea! A fisherman who had been missing for nearly two weeks has been found alive floating in a life raft about 70 miles off the west coast of the United States. Good Samaritans found the fisherman on Thursday.
The Canadian lifeguards who found him say he caught and ate a salmon to survive. The man, who has not been identified, had left Gray Harbor in Washington state on the evening of October 12, a 43-foot boat. Officials have not named the rescuers or how they found him, but King-TV in Seattle identified them as Ryan Planes and his uncle John from Sooke, a town on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
“I saw what looked like a life raft in the distance and I ran in and put my binoculars on it and then it shot off a flare,” Ryan told the network. “We brought him on board. He gave me a big hug and it was emotional,” John continued. He added that the man told him he had been alone in the pond for 13 days and that he caught a salmon after running out of food. “We made him breakfast. He drank three bottles of water,” she continued. “I was very hungry, poor thing.”
The man appears to be in stable condition, officials said, and was transported back to shore by the Canadian Coast Guard and another Canadian rescue agency. According to King-TV, the man was taken to a hospital in Tofino, British Columbia, for treatment. The man and another sailor aboard the Evening were due to return on October 15, according to authorities.
On Wednesday, the Coast Guard said it was suspending its search pending new information. The decision was made after crews searched more than 14,000 square miles for more than eight hours. No other sailor who went out with him has been found, and the Coast Guard says the incident remains under investigation. It is not clear if they plan to resume the search.
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