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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissing boater found off 26 miles off Oahu clinging onto a bundle of life jackets
lucky guy, coulda been his demise. 26 miles is way outta there
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/03/26/search-underway-missing-boater-off-waianae/
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Missing boater found off 26 miles off Oahu clinging onto a bundle of life jackets (Original Post)
msongs
Mar 2021
OP
That's scary as heck. the movies All is Lost and Open Water are my nightmares.
ZonkerHarris
Mar 2021
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dweller
(23,661 posts)1. At least he knew what to grab at the last minute
lucky that they kept looking ...
✌🏻
msongs
(67,441 posts)2. added the link to the story
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. Reminder - Always wear your bundle of life jackets. n/t
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)4. Like the old saying goes, "he must have had a horseshoe up his ass"
Cha
(297,655 posts)5. What a survivor! Imagine
what was going through his mind all those hours day & night!
Skittles
(153,193 posts)6. bless the Coast Guard and Navy
WOO!
ZonkerHarris
(24,254 posts)7. That's scary as heck. the movies All is Lost and Open Water are my nightmares.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)8. That must have been terrifying. The guy was a shark snack drifting out there.
panader0
(25,816 posts)9. No kidding. I lived on Oahu from '62 to '68 and surfed all the time.
I saw sharks many times. Very scary. They love those legs dangling in the water.