A fisherman who went missing for nearly two weeks was discovered alive in a life raft about 70 miles (110 km) off the west coast of the US.
A group of kind-hearted individuals found the fisherman on Thursday, a day after the US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest had stopped searching for him.
The rescuers from Canada, who found him, mentioned that he caught and ate a salmon to stay alive.
The fisherman, whose name was not disclosed, had set off from Gray Harbor in Washington state on the ship called Evening, a 43-foot vessel, on October 12.
Though the rescuers weren’t named in the official reports, a Seattle TV station, King-TV, identified them as Ryan Planes and his uncle John from Sooke, a town on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Ryan shared, “I saw what looked like a life raft in the distance and ran inside and put the binoculars on him and then he shot off a flare”
“We pulled him on board.
He gave me a big hug and it was emotional,” John added.
The fisherman told them that he had been alone in the raft for 13 days and had to catch a salmon after running out of food.
“We made him breakfast.
He drank three bottles of water,” he continued.
“He was pretty hungry, poor guy,” John continued.
Officials have reported that the man is in stable condition.
He was transported back to the shore by the Canadian Coast Guard and another Canadian rescue agency.
According to King-TV, the man was taken to a hospital in Tofino, British Columbia, for further medical care.
The fisherman and another sailor aboard the Evening were supposed to return on October 15, but they didn’t.
On Wednesday, the Coast Guard decided to halt their search until new information became available.
Their crews had scoured over 14,000 square miles for more than eight hours.
The other sailor who was with him is still missing, and the Coast Guard has stated that the incident is under investigation.
It’s unclear if they will resume the search.
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