Divers of the Spanish Coast Guard rescued a 62-year-old French sailor who survived for 16 hours inside a Air bubble from his capsized boat while drifting in the Atlantic Ocean, according to foxnews.
The Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society located the french sailing ship Jeanne SOLO Sailor dumped about 14 miles from the Sisargas Islands off the northwestern Galician region of Malpica. the ship of 40 feet had sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday morning and sent a distress signal just before 9 pm this Monday.
The rescuers They located the capsized boat and a Diver he was sent to the hull to investigate if anyone was alive, authorities said. The trapped man it responded to the diver’s blows to the helmet by striking backwards. The divers described the rescue operation as “on the verge of the impossible”.
The waters they were too much turbulent to attempt a rescue in those hours and waited for dawn, Fox News reports. Rescuers placed buoyancy devices in the hull to prevent the ship from sinking further. Once the morning came, two divers swam under the sailboat and found the man, who has not been identified, knee-deep in water.
man could Dive out of the ship on their own, with the help of the divers, and reach the ocean surfacethe coast guard said. He was treated at a hospital and later released. “Every life saved is our greatest reward.“said the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society in a tweet.
“Each life saved is our greatest reward”
This was the rescue carried out yesterday by Maritime Rescue to the crew member of the French sailboat JEANNE SOLO SAILOR that was keeled in the sun 14 miles NNW from the Sisargas Islands. pic.twitter.com/gqobWTSoWc
— MARITIME RESCUE (@salvamentogob) August 3, 2022