Fisherman swims 10 hours to shore

Maverick · Feb 29, 2008

This is a very tough Aussie

Fisherman swims 10 hours to shore

Mr Jarratt has told friends he never wants to go to sea again

A fisherman swam for more than 10 hours to find help for the two companions he left behind after their boat sank off the east coast of Australia.
The exhausted swimmer was found on a beach, and coastguards were then able to find one of the men. He had spent 30 hours at sea, clinging to debris.
The search continues for the boat's skipper.
The three fishermen were on board a trawler that sank about 15km (9 miles) off the east coast near Byron Bay.
"Judging that the second fisherman survived through the night... we can only hope that the same has occurred with the third," a spokesman for the Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter service said.
Exhausted
The fishermen were thrown into the sea early on Wednesday after their ship hit a reef, prompting a major search and rescue operation.

Hours later, fisherman Michael Williams crawled onto New Brighton Beach, north of Byron Bay.
Chris Gort, who saw Mr Williams on the beach, said the fisherman "had pretty bad cuts and bruises to his legs and his arms, he was pretty exhausted, pretty badly sunburnt".
Mr Williams raised the alarm about his two companions, and a second fisherman was picked up by a rescue helicopter 30 hours after first being thrown into the ocean.
John Jarratt was found at sea north-east of Ballina, suffering from hypothermia and dehydration.
Mr Jarratt said he and skipper Charlie Picton, an experienced fisherman, had clung to an insulated cooler after the ship went down, but that in the darkness the two became separated. He said a rescue helicopter had apparently flown above the exhausted pair without spotting them. Mr Jarratt has told friends from hospital that he will "never" go back in the ocean, local media reported.
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mr_evolution · Feb 29, 2008

Yea, I saw it on the news, thank god he survived the ordeal, he is one lucky man.

shw · Feb 29, 2008

thats something impressive

he is qualified to join Tech Com

Knoctur_nal · Feb 29, 2008

bad ass.

shw · Feb 29, 2008

DataBeast said: ↑

What's Tech Com?
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Tech-Com is a fictional organization of human survivors of Judgement Day in the Terminator series, and are dedicated to defending other human survivors and fight and defeat Skynet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech-Com

nyckeion · Feb 29, 2008

that is quite some power to be swimming so long although with so much exhaustion ...he still continued..

ProjectD · Feb 29, 2008

wow this is one amazing guy, hope the third guy is found

shw · Feb 29, 2008

DataBeast said: ↑

I'm guessing that you watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles then? If so, worth the dl?
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Tech Com was from T1 too

only if you like the genre.
if you're not a Terminator fan then its normal.

RockkxD · Mar 8, 2008

That's crazy, 10 hours, wow, i'm happy and surpised that he is alive.

fearless_fx · Mar 8, 2008

pff amateur, i could do the same with my hands tied behind my back

bbes · Mar 8, 2008

lol i sense a lie. i would like to see u swim for such a long distance in the cold and salty sea water.

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