We would never let something like this happen in the Midwest.
There are a lot fewer examples of someone being swept out to sea from the Midwest. Maybe Japan should learn some lessons.
The Edmund Fitzgerald has entered the chat.
Kind of hard without oceans in the midwest
But at the same time though, we have the lakes!
37 hours? Damn!
She must’ve been exhausted.
She had a swimming ring.
37 hours in among the waves and half of that under the sun while the other half is in darkness, probably awake all that time?
She must be both physically and mentally scarred for life.
She was swimming the whole time in circles!? She must be ripped
Good god what an amazing rescue. Kudos to the teams that helped save her. I can’t imagine being out at sea for that long. I’d have lost hope. That woman probably has a new lease on life.
José Salvador Alvarenga held out for 14 months.
Wow, that’s quite the ordeal. He blew across nearly the entire Pacific!
According to Alvarenga, Córdoba lost all hope around four months into the voyage after becoming sick from the raw food, and eventually died from starvation by refusing to eat. Alvarenga has said that he contemplated suicide for four days after Córdoba died, but his Christian faith prevented him from doing so. He related that Córdoba made him promise not to eat his corpse after he died, so he kept it on the boat. He sometimes spoke to the corpse and after six days, fearing he was going insane, he threw it overboard.
I’m pretty sure I would’ve gone insane
How did it take that long for the rescue crew to get out to look for her? What was her friend doing for all that time before reporting her? I’m so confused. 😵💫
I leave the ocean alone, and the ocean leaves me alone. So far, it’s been a fruitful arrangement.
Fool, the ocean is encroaching on the land as we speak. We must strike before it takes too much!
I have this exact same pact, but in Australia, so it is between me and the snake population.
She was traveling an average of 1.35 mph or 2.16 kph.
Well, do we know which one it was?
And very very tired and thirsty I would imagine.
The ocean is full of water, her fingies would be pruny though.
You… you know, right?
Wow miracle
Despite what they might tell you, Coast Guards aren’t gods.
I was never allowed any floating device at the beach as a child. Because of the high risk of floating away. I’m so happy she surrived though.
Isn’t that better than… Like, drowning?
If float away you likely will drown. Your floater will slowly loose air, or you’ll loose it, or the waves will be too high and engulf you in the wrong moments, or you loose consciousness and breathe water. My contention is you’re less likely to drown without floating devices as you’ll consciously try to stay in the shallow parts of the beach. Especially if you’re someone who couldn’t swim. I believe this is why we only ever took the floaties to the pool.
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I cannot speak for all parts of the world, but from the beaches I know, Florida, this is never the advice they give - I’d bet this is dead wrong. A riptide current does not care if you are in the shallow or not. Having a floatation device not only helps you stay afloat, it helps you get noticed. Always bring a floaty.
“It may deflate” - I can’t swim for an hour, but I’d bet any shitty floaty will stay afloat for an hour.
