Man Rescued After Being Swept Out to Sea and Treading Water for 5 Hours
A 63-year-old New York man was swept out into the Atlantic Ocean during a morning swim and forced to tread water for 5 hours before being rescued. Dan Ho had gone out for a 5 a.m. swim at Cedar Beach in Babylon, but…
A 63-year-old New York man was swept out into the Atlantic Ocean during a morning swim and forced to tread water for 5 hours before being rescued.
Dan Ho had gone out for a 5 a.m. swim at Cedar Beach in Babylon, but according to Fox News, police said that he was “pulled out by the current into open water” Monday morning.
“After treading water with no flotation for approximately five hours, Ho found a broken fishing pole in the water, tied his shirt to it and waved the shirt in the air in an attempt to notify passing vessels of his presence,” police went on.
A pair of fishermen then spotted Ho’s flag and discovered him about 2.5 miles south of where he had been swimming, via abc7NY.
The fishermen, Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross, flung a life ring into the water and reeled Ho in to Rescue him aboard their boat.
Ross said, “He was just treading water, praying some boat would come by.”
“I can tell you, no boats in the area, not for miles,” he added.