Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexican Fisherman Stranded at Sea for a Week is Rescued

People aboard a Mexican pleasure boat rescued a fisherman who had been adrift at sea for a week after his boat was swamped by Tropical Storm Polo.

Crew members of the 42-foot (12.8-meter) sailboat U-Fin videoed the thin, exhausted man as he floated in a giant foam cooler about 6 miles (10 kilometers) off Acapulco on Monday and then brought him aboard.

The U-Fin's captain, Roberto Odis Vazquez, said Wednesday that the rescued man had caught a seagull for food and didn't want to let the carcass go when he was rescued.

"The . . .

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