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Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good god what an amazing rescue. Kudos to the teams that helped save her. I can't imagine being out at sea for that long. I'd have lost hope. That woman probably has a new lease on life.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

José Salvador Alvarenga held out for 14 months.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

According to Alvarenga, Córdoba lost all hope around four months into the voyage after becoming sick from the raw food, and eventually died from starvation by refusing to eat. Alvarenga has said that he contemplated suicide for four days after Córdoba died, but his Christian faith prevented him from doing so. He related that Córdoba made him promise not to eat his corpse after he died, so he kept it on the boat. He sometimes spoke to the corpse and after six days, fearing he was going insane, he threw it overboard.

I'm pretty sure I would've gone insane

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Wow, that's quite the ordeal. He blew across nearly the entire Pacific!