‘We were ecstatic:’ Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.

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Oct 11, 2024 - 13:00
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‘We were ecstatic:’ Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water
A man survived a harrowing ordeal in open water as Hurricane Milton passed nearby, spending the night clinging to a large cooler before being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew some 30 miles from shore.

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.

(Image credit: U.S. Coast Guard/ Screenshot by NPR)

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