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Family, Including 70-Year-Old Father, Cling to Capsized Boat (Brother swims 5 hours to get help)
http://abcnews.go.com ^
| july 11, 2013
| GEETIKA RUDRA
Posted on 07/11/2013 7:34:02 PM PDT by lowbridge
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:34:02 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:39:37 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:41:29 PM PDT
by
Frapster
(Clear the mechanism)
To: lowbridge
Wow.
Thanks, lowbridge, for posting this.
It’s good to read really good news.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:42:43 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: lowbridge
That is one tough and brave young man. The odds were extremely against him. God guided him in.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:42:50 PM PDT
by
lormand
(A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
To: mylife
You mean thank God for teaching him how to swim?
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:42:55 PM PDT
by
Misterioso
(It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - Duke Ellington)
To: lowbridge
There must be details not included. I can’t imagine it’d take the man 5 hrs to swim to shore if he was just “off the coast of Deal Island”. That is in the middle of a bunch of islands. They must’ve surely really been in the Bay.
Glad for them all.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:45:12 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: pax_et_bonum
Yes, this is a great story, this brave man’s guardian angels were working overtime. Praise God he made it to shore.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:45:16 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: lowbridge
Hero hero hero
They are still out there. God love them.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:48:54 PM PDT
by
Persevero
( What is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" -Thomas Sowell)
To: lowbridge
It is odd that a calm came over them in the midst of their terror
“Everybody is fine. But really, there were some very beautiful moments in the water. We were terrified, but the sky had never been clearer and we could see all the stars in the Milky Way. There was no light pollution,” Riggs said. “The water was glowing blue with the flourescent jelly fish.”
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:49:13 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Misterioso
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:49:58 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
I cant imagine itd take the man 5 hrs to swim to shore if he was just off the coast of Deal IslandTides and/or currents ? Often you can't go in a straight line. Fives hours, wow, that's really something.
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:07:23 PM PDT
by
1066AD
To: mylife
He could have. Are you questioning His powers?
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:15:34 PM PDT
by
Misterioso
(It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - Duke Ellington)
To: Misterioso
Nope.
I am just questioning what swim club Mr Riggs attended. ☺
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:20:24 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: 1066AD
True. I’m just thinking it doesn’t seem like many miles. Also not clear when he started swimming. Was the water still choppy from storms? Etc.
Amazing someone not practiced could manage this. The will to live is strong.
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:26:04 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Another article stated that he clung to buoys to rest.
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:48:42 PM PDT
by
bramps
(Sarah Palin got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney got in 2012)
To: Frapster
I just watched a video on YouTube about a 16 month old swimming baby. Future lifesaver!
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posted on
07/11/2013 10:44:55 PM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: lowbridge
Great story. I love a happy ending.
To: the OlLine Rebel
Deal is a residential community in south Anne Arundel Co not an island. The water is shallow close in and a chop can come up quickly. The current there depending on the tide runs southeast at between 2.5 to 4 knots. The guy was swimming against the current. He is very lucky to be alive. Also swarms of jellyfish? Not this summer too much rain jellyfish like higher salinity
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posted on
07/12/2013 3:28:23 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: mylife
I’ve always associated phosphorescence with sharks, not jellyfish. Great time to get attacked, swimming at night in that. They’re luckier than they know, imho.
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