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One of two people missing at sea for nearly two weeks was found alive Thursday by a Canadian fishing boat in a life raft in Canadian waters, roughly 70 miles northwest of Cape Flattery, Washington, according to a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman.
"The fact that he was in this life raft for so many days, and still holding on to hope, where he was found by a fishing boat, it was incredible and a wonderful thing. The ocean is a very vast place. He was sailing in the middle of nowhere. A lot of times, it's very rare to have a ship pass by," Steve Strohmaier told CNN.
On Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard was notified of a missing fishing vessel that had departed the Washington coast on October 12 and was due to return on October 15.
“They left Westport, Washington. They were supposed to be back on the 15th and a week later, the Coast Guard was notified,” Strohmaier said.
The man was found by a Canadian fishing boat “in Canadian waters and from that, the Good Samaritan boat radioed the Canadian Coast Guard. So they got out and took him back to shore where he could then go to the hospital. When he went to the hospital, he was reported to be in stable condition.
At this time, one other person remains missing and the incident remains under investigation, according to the US Coast Guard.
When asked if the U.S. Coast Guard would resume the search for the missing sailor, Strohmaier said we're waiting to hear more information to piece together eyewitness accounts and statements from the person found to determine what action might be taken. future undertaking or the Canadian Coast Guard may take.
On Tuesday, the US Coast Guard tweeted about the search for the missing vessel in X, saying the USCG was searching for the 43-foot vessel Evening with 2 people on board, which departed Grays Harbor on October 12 and is said to have intended to return on October 15.
On Wednesday, the service announced it had suspended the search "pending new information as it develops" after "crews searched over 14,000 square miles for more than 8 hours."
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