Tokyo, Nov 30 (AFP\/APP):A 69-year-old man has been rescued in rough seas off Japan after spending 22 hours drifting in open water, with one official calling his survival a “miracle.”<\/p>\n
The man, whose name has not been released, was alone on a boat off southwestern Kagoshima prefecture and en route to the Yakushima resort island Saturday afternoon when his boat capsized.<\/p>\n
He managed to call a colleague on the island to alert him, but was not found until nearly a full day later, the coastguard told AFP, when rescuers spotted him sitting on the engine of his capsized boat, clasping a propeller part.<\/p>\n
“He was out in the sea alone for 22 hours. I am amazed by his survival skills,” a coastguard official told AFP, declining to be identified.
\nDramatic footage released by the coastguard showed a team approaching him by boat calling out: “We are coming! Just a little bit longer! Hold on tight!”<\/p>\n
The man was able to wrap himself in a grey plastic sheet, helping him stay warm, officials said.
\n“It’s a miracle he survived,” a coastguard official told the Asahi Shimbun daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tokyo, Nov 30 (AFP\/APP):A 69-year-old man has been rescued in rough seas off Japan after spending 22 hours drifting in open water, with one official calling his survival a “miracle.” The man, whose name has not been released, was alone on a boat off southwestern […]<\/p>\n
\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":28473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14296],"class_list":["post-28472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-world-news","tag-miracle-rescue-of-japan-man-after-22-hours-at-sea"],"yoast_head":"\n