A 62-year-old French sailor survived for 16 hours after his boat capsized in the Atlantic using air bubbles inside the capsized vessel.
The intrepid sailor was eventually rescued from heavy seas by Spanish Coast Guard divers. They described it as a "nearly impossible" operation.
Jeanne SOLO Her 40-foot boat called the Sailor sent out a distress call at 11:23 pm. 14 miles from the Sisargas Islands off the coast of Galicia, northwestern Spain, Monday local time according to the Coast Guard. is showing.
When a Coast Guard vessel carrying five divers embarked on a rescue mission, one of her three helicopters dispatched to assist in the search was seen at sunset. I followed the capsized boat.
A diver was hoisted into the hull to look for signs of life, and an unnamed sailor on board reacted to tapping the hull, knocking it from the inside.
As the sea was too rough to attempt a rescue, they attached a buoyancy balloon to the hull to prevent it from sinking further and waited until morning with the French still trapped below.
Two divers tried to help Sailor by swimming under the boat, but found herself submerged up to her knees in water wearing her neoprene survival suit. I found
"A life saved is our greatest reward," said the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Association in a tweet.
Vicente Covelo, a member of the Coast Guard's special operations team, told a local broadcaster that the man voluntarily jumped into the frozen water and swam under the boat to reach the surface. .
“He entered the water voluntarily and freedive with the help of a diver.
He was airlifted to hospital safely, but was discharged soon after and was in good health.
With post wire
