There are some amazing pictures there.
From the article:
The captain of the freighter that rescued Nathan Carman said Monday that the man who says he spent eight days at sea in a raft "looked tired" when he climbed aboard the freighter but otherwise was healthy.
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"He was very tired but he walked by himself and didn't need any help," the captain said. "He didn't appear to be suffering from hypothermia or dehydration."
Carman was wearing a red life jacket, long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans when he climbed aboard the Orient Lucky.
"The crew asked him what happened and he said he was fishing with his mom and the vessel started sinking and he jumped off and then couldn't find his mom," the captain said.
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In the recording of Carman's brief conversation with the Coast Guard via radio from the Orient Lucky, he told authorities that engine noises first signaled a problem that eventually sank his boat, leaving him adrift in a life raft and his mother missing.
"There was a funny noise in the engine compartment. I looked and saw a lot of water. ... I brought the safety stuff forward ... the boat just dropped out from under my feet," he said in the ship-to-shore conversation soon after he was rescued by the freighter.
When I saw the life raft, I did not see my mom," Carman said.
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Law enforcement officials from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts as well as federal authorities, the Coast Guard and others met for several hours Monday at the U.S. attorney's office in New Haven to discuss the Carman case.
Several agencies had representatives at the meeting while others participated via conference call.
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No sunburn, hypothernia, dehydration, sores from poor hygiene/saltwater etc ...after 8 days of exposure to the elements!?
This story does not make sense at all!
I guess now we wait to see who has jurisdiction over the matter and what they come up with.