“Apparently when you have that, you’re not thinking straight,” she said.
– ST. Petersburg Times
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the 3 missing boaters that were lost some 30 miles off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The report is getting extra attention in that two of the missing men are NFL football players. The latest news is reporting that the lone survivor is telling “strange” tales of those last fateful hours as the men clung to the boat. But for people familiar with the sea, this story is probably not being found strange at all. Simply tragic.
From The St. Petersburg Times Report it seems that after the boat flipped in high winds and 6+ seas the 4 men clung to the upturned boat. According to survivor Nick Schuyler, one man, Will Bleakly repeatedly dove under the boat and retrieved life jackets and bottled water. After some hours passed of them clinging to the boat and apparently still in the mid-60sF water, NFL player Marquis Cooper gave in. He took off his life jacket and let himself drift out into the sea. An hour or two later, another man did the same. Then sometime early the next morning Will Bleakly saw a light and decided to attempt to swim to it. He also took off his life jacked. Rescuers in the end found Nick Schuyler alone sitting on the upturned boat. No one else was found.
Many are surprised by this report. They feel that no men, especially these men would give up like that. They warn that Mr. Schuyler has been through a lot and could be wrong. Certainly, whole at the same time the folks who feel this is a strange story outright don’t know all that much about hypothermia and the effects of floating in a cold sea without a perceived sign of rescue. These guys were caught in a bad situation when the weather turned. Sadly as I mentioned a couple days back now, recreational boaters are often simply not prepared or trained to deal with all that can go wrong on the sea. It’s not really surprising at all that these hypothermic men in an unimaginable situation in their experience could make the choices Schuyler reported. This is another sad tragedy that seemed to appear out of nowhere and you can’t help but feel for their families.
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“Apparently when you have that, you’re not thinking straight,” she said.
– ST. Petersburg Times
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the 3 missing boaters that were lost some 30 miles off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The report is getting extra attention in that two of the missing men are NFL football players. The latest news is reporting that the lone survivor is telling “strange” tales of those last fateful hours as the men clung to the boat. But for people familiar with the sea, this story is probably not being found strange at all. Simply tragic.
From The St. Petersburg Times Report it seems that after the boat flipped in high winds and 6+ seas the 4 men clung to the upturned boat. According to survivor Nick Schuyler, one man, Will Bleakly repeatedly dove under the boat and retrieved life jackets and bottled water. After some hours passed of them clinging to the boat and apparently still in the mid-60sF water, NFL player Marquis Cooper gave in. He took off his life jacket and let himself drift out into the sea. An hour or two later, another man did the same. Then sometime early the next morning Will Bleakly saw a light and decided to attempt to swim to it. He also took off his life jacked. Rescuers in the end found Nick Schuyler alone sitting on the upturned boat. No one else was found.
Many are surprised by this report. They feel that no men, especially these men would give up like that. They warn that Mr. Schuyler has been through a lot and could be wrong. Certainly, whole at the same time the folks who feel this is a strange story outright don’t know all that much about hypothermia and the effects of floating in a cold sea without a perceived sign of rescue. These guys were caught in a bad situation when the weather turned. Sadly as I mentioned a couple days back now, recreational boaters are often simply not prepared or trained to deal with all that can go wrong on the sea. It’s not really surprising at all that these hypothermic men in an unimaginable situation in their experience could make the choices Schuyler reported. This is another sad tragedy that seemed to appear out of nowhere and you can’t help but feel for their families.
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