A person has been rescued from {a partially} submerged boat within the Atlantic Ocean, 12 miles off the coast of Florida.
The boater, 25-year-old Charles Gregory, had been lacking at sea for about 35 hours within the ocean after occurring an early morning fishing journey, his father advised CNN.
His household contacted officers after he didn’t return to a ship ramp in St Augustine, Florida.
The US Coast Guard stated they finally rescued him after a search crew in a aircraft flying overhead noticed him sitting in his jon boat – a sort of small, flat-bottomed fishing boat.
His father Raymond Gregory advised CNN {that a} wave had capsized his son’s boat and he started drifting removed from shore. He stated Charles had misplaced his life jacket and cell phone, and had seen sharks and been stung by jellyfish.
“He was scared to loss of life. He stated he is had extra conversations with God in that 30 hours than he is had his entire life.”