Brave swimmer swept out to sea treads water for five hours
Dan Ho, 63, has been treated for hypothermia after treading water for five hours in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Dan Ho, 63, has been treated for hypothermia after treading water for five hours in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dan Ho, 63, of Copiague, returned home from the hospital on Tuesday feeling "fine" after he treaded water for 5 hours off the coast of Cedar Beach on Monday morning.
The 63-year-old man was rescued after a fishing boat spotted him about 2.5 miles south of where he first got in the water, police said.
Dan Ho, 63 of Copiague, was swimming at Cedar Beach in Babylon when he was pulled out by the current, police said.
A 63-year-old New York man treaded water for five hours and made a makeshift flag using his shirt and a broken fishing pole before being rescued in the Atlantic Ocean this week, authorities say.