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Video shows a 69-year-old man getting rescued 22 hours after his boat capsized
2021-12-02 00:00:00
A 69-year-old man sat on top of his capsized boat, clinging to its propeller, drifting for 22 hours before Japan's coast guard spotted him. The rescuers, who had received a call from the man's colleagues, found him 18 miles away from where he'd started, off the coast of Japan's subtropical island Yakushima.
From The Washington Post:
"We are coming! Hold on tight!" a team of rescuers called to the man as they approached the boat.
The man was able to talk and was taken to a hospital after the rescuers brought him back to port.
It was unclear what the man was doing at the time of the accident and what caused the boat to capsize.
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