GARY PARRIOTT/USS MCCLUSKY) He kept saying, Just fix my mast and give me a sail and I ll sail back When they pulled him up, Van Pham had ten birds sitting on the bow spread, waiting for his next meal. He said don t speak Spanish, I speak English. NAVY: The McClosky came alongside and tried to hail him in Spanish. The Navy found him 275 miles off the coast the coast of Costa Rica.ĬAPT. He was heading to Catalina Island for the day, about 26 miles away. Van Pham set sail in June from Long Beach, California. NAVY: This takes unique skills and a certain perseverance to pull this off. At one point he used a bat to bash sea turtles swimming near his boat. So Van Pham says he collected rainwater in a bucket and cooked seagulls on a makeshift grill. Then his outboard motor and radio failed. in a boat no bigger than 26 feet.īRAGG: I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. Navy captains have a hard time explaining how he did it. Richard Van Pham survived more than three months on his boat with no water, no phone, no food.īRAGG: YOU KNOW WE ALL GREW UP WITH THAT GILLIGAN S ISLAND STORY.Įven U.S. ((An American lost at sea is back home in Southern California. Tonight he is back at home in Southern Calfironia-Ĭhris Lawrence has this amazing story of survival. It sounds like a plot from Hollywood- a man who went out for a day trip -ends up adrift at sea for weeks- finally rescued by a passing ship. ((RICHARD VAN SAVED HIMSELF: HE CAPTURED A SEA TURTLE AND BROUGHT IT UP ON BOARD.)) Tracking Hurricane Isidore- where the storm is headed coming up.Ī man lost at sea is rescued- after surviving on rainwater- seagulls and turtles. is rescued- How he survived on birds and rainwater-Ī priest with local ties is ordered out- after allegations of sexual misconduct.
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