New York man swept out to sea treads water for 5 hours before rescue
BABYLON, New York – A 63-year-old man from Long Island, New York, was rescued Monday after treading water for five hours and making a makeshift fla...
BABYLON, New York – A 63-year-old man from Long Island, New York, was rescued Monday after treading water for five hours and making a makeshift flag using his shirt and a broken fishing pole to flag down rescuers, reports FOX 5 New York. Dan Ho of Copiague was found two and a half miles off Cedar Beach in Babylon, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Police say the man went swimming around 5 a.m. yesterday when he was "pulled out by the current into open water." "After treading water with no flotation for approximately five hours, Ho found a broken fishing pole in the water, tied his shirt to it, and waved the shirt in the air in an attempt to notify passing vessels of his presence," police said.