Thats the hardest part. A chilling story of survival. Abc7 news talked with the only man who lived through a devastating boating accident that killed 4 people. Good evening. Im katie. The boat capsized near bodega bay. Now the story you will only see on abc7 news. They had dk cades of experience and some fished commercially. He cant believe he lived to tell his story. He nearly drowned while swimming to shore. I was on an ice chest and shoved sideways and see bubbles. He has been fishing out of bodega bay for years and on saturday he was thrown over board. They were on a 32foot boat that capsized by a rogue wave. Sanchez was the only one who survived. The guilt, why me . Thats the hardest part. His friends, 79yearold jesse langely and sam garcia were last seen lifeless in the water. And so was another man, david costa. The fourth person was a woman, an acquaintance known as christie. Sanchez was flown by helicopter to the hospital after swimming 20 minutes to shore. He cut his arm on t
When their fisng boat capsized sad morning near bodega bay. Reporter Phillip Sanchez says sheer determination got him through thisordeal about the loss of his fishing buddies is almo to much to bear tonight. Got hit by a sneaker wave. Thats the oy thing it was. Got us up on top of it, where is curls and just slammed the boat. Somewhere i into the shoved out. Phillip sanchez says he never saw the rogue wave coming. In matter of seconds his friends 32foot boat capsized. Surprised me, and then i thout i fell off the boat and theyre going tocome around and pick me up. When i came up, always i seen was the bow, a three of the ople. His friends, 79ee jesse langly, and sam garcia were lifeless in a water. So was another map, and another man was fighting to stay afloat. All i could see was krisy, and i says, can make i but christy soon vanished from sight. Sanchez paddled for 25inutes in the waters to the shore, cutting his arm. How did you survive . That i dont know. Just determination, i gue
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And i says, we can make it. But christy soon vanished from sight. Sanchez paddled for 25 minutes in the waters to the shore, cutting his arm. How did you survive . I that i dont know. Just determination, i guess. Just knew i had to get there if wanted to make it. The coast guard airlifted sanchez to hospital. He says no one on board was wearing a life vest. Commercial fishermen. Nobody wears them. I went out with him for years and we didnt wear life jackets. We knew where they were, but they were so cumbersome. She says life vests werent a big deal her husband, sam, who retired from commercial fishing but still owned a boat. The beginning of recreational crab season was too good to pass up. He was look can forward to having crab salad that night. But sam never returned. For phil sanchez, the loss of four friends is unreal for this lone survivor. Feel lucky to be alive . Very. And then i got to deal with the guilt, why me . Thats the hardest part. The coast guards investigation of the a