They heard banging from inside the boat, so they knew the man was alive. However, the sea was too rough, so the sailor had to wait overnight to be rescued.
The water was freezing, but Camprubi got into the water on"his own initiative," Vicente Cobelo, a member of the coastguard's special operations team, told BBC News. He was then airlifted by the team and taken to hospital for checks. said this story shows the importance of having radios that automatically send out distress signals,"because they save lives, like it saved the French crewman rescued in Malpica.
"These are buoy-shaped devices that, in case of sinking, are automatically released to then emit a relief alert via satellite to rescue centers,"Camprubi's boat sent a distress signal at 8:23 p.m. on Monday, BBC said. Salvamento Marítimo immediately got the signal and launched a wide-range operation, they said in their post.
Similar stories of survival and rescue missions have made headlines before. In 2013, John Aldridge spent 12 hours in the Atlantic oceanEarlier this year, a fisherman in Santa Barbara, California,Trending News
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