Long Island swimmer swept out to sea treads water for 5 hours before boaters rescue himBy Allie Griffin
August 1, 2023
A man was swept out to sea while swimming off Long Island Monday morning — but he treaded water for five hours and created a makeshift flag to attract his rescuers.
Dan Ho, 63, was in the water at Cedar Beach in Babylon around 5 a.m. when strong currents carried him two-and-a-half miles off the coast, according to the police.
The Copiague man miraculously kept himself afloat without any flotation devices and found a broken fishing rod floating in the water.
Ho then tied his shirt to the rod to create a flag to try to wave down help, cops said.
By 10:30 a.m., his ingenuity proved fruitful. He was spotted by two men in a motorboat — retired FDNY marine engineer Jim Hohorst and pal Michael Ross — who pulled Ho out of the ocean and onto their vessel, a 2007 Albin, the Suffolk PD said.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/long-island-swimmer-swept-out-to-sea-treads-water-for-5-hours-before-boaters-rescue-him/