Man lost at sea for two weeks survived on salmon he caught from his life raft
A man floating in the Pacific Ocean on a life raft was rescued after spending almost two weeks lost at sea.
A sailor on the Evening, a fishing vessel out of Washington, was rescued by a Good Samaritan on Thursday after going missing earlier this month.
The US Coast Guard began searching for the Evening earlier last week. It departed from Westport, Washington on October 12 and was due back to port on October 15.
Before the rescue, the Coast Guard searched about 14,000 square miles of ocean searching for the missing boat before suspending the search on Wednesday.
The next day, one of the missing mariners was found alive by a Good Samaritan floating in a life raft in the northern Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia.
The life raft was found in Canadian waters about 70 miles off the coast of Cape Flattery, which is about 160 miles north of Westport.
The Good Samaritans were fellow fishermen out of Sooke, British Columbia.
Two of the rescuers, John and Ryan Plame, told local station KING5 they spotted the life raft after the stranded sailor shot out an emergency flare.
‘We pulled him on board. He gave me a big hug and it was emotional,’ Ryan said.
Once on board, he proceeded to eat a large breakfast and drink three bottles of water. He told his rescuers he subsisted on salmon he managed to catch on the raft after he ran out of supplies.
‘He was pretty hungry, poor guy,’ John said.
After the rescue, the man was transported to shore by the Canadian Coast Guard. He was reportedly in stable condition.
The Coast Guard has not commented on what they believe happened to the Evening. The second sailor on the boat has not yet been located.
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