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The captain rescued from the water after surviving Hurricane Milton was inside a cooler previous to being rescued by the Coast Guard, Steven Hawley, proprietor of the now-sunken boat, the Capt. Dave, instructed Fox Information Digital throughout an October interview.
“That is the one purpose he did not get eaten by sharks or freeze,” Hawley mentioned.
The Coast Guard rescued the captain on Thursday Oct. 10 following Hurricane Milton, a storm that made landfall in Florida.
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A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a person clinging to a cooler practically 30 miles off the coast of Longboat Key, Florida on Thursday. (U.S. Coast Guard Southeast)
Video footage exhibits the captain apparently floating on the cooler, as somebody dangling from a helicopter attracts close to to make the rescue.
However that was truly the second time in a matter of days the captain had been rescued by the Coast Guard.
The captain and a deckhand had been rescued earlier within the week after the boat grew to become stranded, Hawley indicated.
COAST GUARD VIDEO SHOWS HELICOPTER CREW RESCUE MAN FLOATING ON A COOLER 30 MILES OFF FLORIDA COAST AFTER STORM
However after that first rescue, the captain returned to the boat, and finally ended up in a dangerous state of affairs, which he survived.
The captain is “alive” and “effectively,” Hawley mentioned.
However “that boat is rarely gonna be seen once more,” he remarked.
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This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite tv for pc picture taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT and supplied by Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) exhibits Hurricane Milton within the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (NOAA by way of AP)
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“This man survived in a nightmare situation for even probably the most skilled mariner,” Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg’s command heart chief, Lt. Cmdr. Dana Grady mentioned, in line with a Coast Guard press launch.
“To know the severity of the hurricane situations, we estimate he skilled roughly 75-90 mph winds, 20-25 foot seas, for an prolonged time period to incorporate in a single day. He survived due to a life jacket, his emergency place indicating locator beacon, and a cooler,” Grady mentioned.
Alex Nitzberg is a author for Fox Information Digital.
Captain rescued after surviving Hurricane Milton inside cooler: boat proprietor
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