Boater's survival called 'providence'
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/03/02/florida.missing.boaters/art.stranded.uscg.jpg]
Alexandra Zayas, Brant James and John Frank
St. Petersburg Times
As Coast Guard rescuers closed in on Nick Schuyler, hunched over the propeller of a capsized boat, he didn't scream. He didn't gesture.
He just looked and waited.
Only he could tell what became of his three friends now lost in a cold, violent sea. Only he knew how they spent their final moments together.
More details of his story began to trickle out of his hospital room Wednesday, triggering different emotional reactions among the families of the lost men.
One father refuses to believe his son gave up, removed his life vest and drifted away. He is spearheading a private search and rescue mission that continues today.
Another learned from Schuyler that his son was held until he died. That father could finally grieve, he said.
|
|
Filed under: 360° Radar |
About this Show:
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN.
Questions or comments? Send an email
Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with AC361°
Subscribe to the podcast
On Twitter
Search the AC360 blog
Thank you Mike!
Providence nothing. His will to live saved him. And maybe a bit of luck, too.
I really get tired of hearing people talk about "miracles" and such when someone survives a disaster. If a deity had intervened on their behalf, then what of the dead? Where was their god?