A New York swimmer who was swept out to the Atlantic Ocean tread water for five hours before being rescued — thanks to a makeshift flag he built with his shirt and a fishing pole that was floating by, police say.
A New York swimmer who was swept out to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday tread water for five hours before being rescued — thanks to a makeshift flag he built with his shirt and a fishing pole that was floating by, police said.
Dan Ho, from Copiague, New York, embarked on a morning swim around 5 a.m. at Cedar Beach on Long Island, when he was pulled by the current out to sea, according to aHo, 63, created a makeshift flag by tying a broken fishing pole he found in the water to his t-shirt, police said. He waved the flag in the air to alert any passing boats of his presence.
The United States Coast Guard also treated Ho, before he was transported in an ambulance to a local hospital.
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