Texan Missing Boaters Found After 8 Days
Texan Missing Boaters Found After 8 Days on a capsized boat, in the Gulf of Mexico.
The threesome ate rationed crackers, bubble gum, beer and three gallons of water and their secret was that they kept spiritually positive.
The Coast Guard combed more than 86,000 square miles looking for the men, but called off the search after 7 days. Fortunately, on the 8th day, the crew of a private boat found the three sitting on top of their capsized catamaran. They were about 180 miles from Port Aransas, Texas, which is at the entrance to Corpus Christi Bay.
“We just kept praying, and we kept hope alive. Even though hope had managed to thread down to a little bitty string, I mean, that little bitty string could be just as strong as the rope you hung on to the first time you got started,” stated one of the boaters, Tressel Hawkins.
Texan Missing Boaters Found After 8 Days and what was supposed to be a fishing trip to catch swordfish and marlin became instead a test of survival and perhaps faith, for the three.
Hawkins, 43, Curtis Hall, 28, and James Phillips, 30, set out on August 21 from Matagorda Bay in Texas and went about 100 miles south. Their first night in the Gulf of Mexico almost proved to be fatal for the three.
Texan Missing Boaters Found After 8 Days and to read about their extraordinary fishing trip that turned into a survival trip, go to CNN News.
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For $299, this group of inexperienced “country boys” and lucky survivalists could have employed their personal locater beacon (PLB) and would have been located by the coast guard within minutes instead of days. Sad that they didn’t plan and equip themselves for the environment they were exposing themselves to. They are fortunate to be alive but will probably become independantly wealthy appearing on the talk show circuit and writing books on how their ingenuity and survival skills saved their lives while the coast guard professionals are the ones people should be listening to in order to avoid stupid mistakes like this.
Sea Marshall alerts that operate on the 121.5 homing signal worn on the life jacket would have enabled the coast guard to get to these guys.
There is no waiting for GPS to get the signal, no registering the unit. Sea Marshall units integrate into life vests perfectly. Water activated, automatic activated within 5 secs. Antenea does not have to be held above water line to assist in getting the signal.