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Text Message Saves Men Lost at sea for 22 days |
axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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Three Australian men lost at sea for more than three weeks survived on raw squid and rainwater Text for help by there Mobile phone.
CBS News
John Tabo, 38, his son John, 20, and nephew Tom Tabo, 16, were rescued on Tuesday after being adrift in a five-metre fibreglass boat since April 17, when they set off from Murray Island for a neighbouring island 70 kilometres away.
They said they became disoriented when winds from cyclone Monica whipped up the waters. They ran out of fuel and began to drift.
The storm hampered efforts to find the men, but provided them with lots of rain for drinking water.
They had one squid to eat, used jerry cans as makeshift paddles and wore metal buckets over their heads to keep the sun off them, police said.
The men also conserved the batteries in their cellphones by keeping them turned off until they had a strong enough signal to send text messages to family.
Authorities found them several kilometres from Murray Island, and sent a helicopter to winch them up on Tuesday.
They were treated at a clinic on their island and sent home with little damage other than a significant loss of weight – as much as 20 kilograms.
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PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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From: The Ummah
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I can see a movie being made on this rescue.
Excellent result allover.
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pow1990
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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From: Maidstone, Kent England
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gota love ur mobiles bets it was a sony ericsson? 
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Posted: 2006-05-13 20:11
