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Saved
by the Beer
Good
thing someone remembered the refreshments.
Four
men spent 17 hours clinging to a beer cooler in Lake Ontario after their
boat capsized and sank during intense early-morning weather in August.
The boaters were rescued by a shoreline resident who heard their cries
for help and drove his boat to save them, according to a report in the
Syracuse Post-Standard.
“It
was nothing short of a miracle,” said survivor Todd Wafer of Oswego,
New York.
The
group said they were five or six miles offshore when six-foot waves capsized
and sank their 19-foot fishing boat. As the men struggled to stay afloat
in the rough water, their cooler popped up from beneath the waves. They
grabbed hold and threw out the three six-packs of beer and ice to lighten
the load.
“If
the cooler hadn’t come up, we would have died,” Wafer said.
Joe
Stewart, the Scriba, New York, man who heard their faint cries at about
5:20 a.m., said he rushed out in his boat and found the men about three
miles offshore.
“Thank
goodness they didn’t give up hollering,” Stewart said.
ON
SHELVES: The Complete Guide to Clubs & Flags
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NOVEMBER
Oct. 27-Nov. 4. The 42nd-Annual International Boat Show in Hamburg,
Germany. (49) 40-3569-2140
3-11. The Athens Boat Show in Greece. (30) 1-483-1846
8-11. The Scandinavian Sail & Motorboat Show in Stockholm,
Sweden. (46) 8-749-4100
8-11. The Fort Myers Boat Show in Florida. (954) 570-7785
13-15. The Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(31) 20-549-1212
15-17.
The Fish Expo and Workboat Northwest Boat Show in Seattle, Washington.
(207) 842-5508
15-18.
The St. Petersburg Fall Boat Show, (954) 764-7642
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