TEXAS MAN RESCUED FROM GULF OF MEXICO AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS ADRIFT (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, September 15, 2014, 13:31

A man adrift in Gulf of Mexico waters for more than a day after his fishing boat sank was rescued when the crew of a passing oil tanker heard his cries for help, a US coast guard official said Monday.

The 37-year-old man was one of four fishermen cast into waters off Port Aransas on Saturday afternoon when their 25-foot boat sank. Three of the men, each wearing a life jacket, were rescued about 24 hours later when a supply vessel for an oil rig spotted them.

But the fourth man, who had a second life jacket with him, had drifted away.

Coast guard Lieutenant Eric Vryheid said the unidentified man was in the water about 30 hours when the tanker approached. Crew of the Pacific Marchioness had been notified through an urgent Coast Guard broadcast of the missing fisherman and had posted lookouts, Vryheid said. The man was rescued Sunday evening after the crew heard his cries and alerted the coast guard, which had a helicopter in the air searching.

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