July 12th 2024.
After being swept away while swimming with a rubber ring, a young Chinese woman spent a daunting 36 hours stranded at sea before being rescued. The incident took place off the coast of Japan, around 50 miles from the shore, where the woman had disappeared from a beach in the central Shizuoka region. As soon as her friend reported her missing on Monday evening, a search and rescue operation was launched by the local Japan Coast Guard.
According to a Coast Guard official, they received the report at 7:55pm on July 8th. After hours of searching, the woman was finally spotted by a cargo ship at 7:48am on Wednesday, floating near the southern tip of Chiba's Boso peninsula. The ship's crew immediately contacted a nearby tanker and two brave crew members jumped into the sea to rescue her. She was then airlifted by a coast guard helicopter and safely transported back to land.
The heartwarming rescue was captured on video and shared with the public. In the footage, the woman can be seen being lifted into the helicopter, waving at the tanker crew below. Despite her terrifying ordeal, she remained in good spirits and was grateful to be rescued. According to her, she had been swept out to sea by strong currents and her rubber ring made it difficult for her to swim back to shore.
Experts believe that the wind or a strong sea current may have caused her to drift even further than the 50 miles she was found from the shore. The coast guard official reported that there is a straight line of 80 kilometers between the beach and the location where the woman was rescued. He also mentioned that she was lucky to have survived, as she could have suffered from heat stroke or hypothermia during the night, or even been hit by a ship in the dark.
After being examined by medical professionals, it was determined that the woman was dehydrated but otherwise in good health. She was taken to the hospital as a precaution but did not require admission. In a TV interview, Hidetoshi Saito, a senior member of the Society of Water Rescue and Survival Research, compared the woman's miraculous survival to a miracle. It is truly incredible that she was able to endure such a harrowing experience and make it back to land safely.
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