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Sailor Lost at Sea is Rescued

An emotional reunion for a man after being lost at sea for 66 days.

Louis Jordan set out for a fishing trip, when the coast guard says his sailboat's mast broke and his electronic gear was damaged during rough weather. Reported missing on January 29th, Louis says he survived by catching fish with his bare hands and eating it raw and trapping rain water.

After more than two months at sea, a German-flagged vessel rescued the man about 200 miles east of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.

He was medivac'd to a Virginia hospital, and walked inside on his own two feet.