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Adventurer attempting to run 1,033 miles from Florida to Bermuda in a giant inflatable bubble is rescued by the Coast Guard - three days after he refused help and asked crew for directions
the story, pics, a video, and links at Daily Mail link above• U.S. Citizen Reza Baluchi was saved by the coast guard from an inflatable bubble on Saturday 70 miles from St. Augustine Florida
• When first discovered on Wednesday, he was disoriented and asking for directions to Bermuda but he refused to end his journey
• His bubble was stocked with water bottles and protein bars
• He was uninjured
• According to Baluchi's website Runwithreza.org, he was on a mission to travel from Florida to Bermuda to raise money for charity
• He previously ran 135 miles nonstop from Death Valley, California to Mt. Whitney,California
• Baluchi built a plastic Hydro Pod to help him travel across the Bermuda Triangle where ships have been known to disappear mysteriously
• The Bermuda Triangle is one of the deadliest stretches of ocean on Earth. Call him "crazy" but likes to roll the dice,' the adventurer writes on his site
• Baluchi said he his attempting his travels to raise money for impoverished children