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A rescued sailor survived 16 hours in the open Pacific Ocean after falling overboard.

A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish”, his son has revealed. Vidam Perevertilov spent 14 hours in the water after

Perevertilov drifted in the darkness for hours until the sun started to come up. In the distance, he saw a black dot and swam towards it. "His will to survive was strong, but he told me until the sun came up he was struggling to stay afloat," Marat said. "I probably would have drowned straight away, but he always kept himself fit and healthy, and that's why I think he could survive." As Perevertilov got closer to the dot, he realized it was an old fishing buoy. He grabbed the buoy and held on for his life. He struggled to keep his grip as the scorching hot sun left him parched and sunburned.

A sailor who fell overboard into the Pacific Ocean from a cargo ship survived by latching onto what he thought was rubbish for 14 hours before being rescued.

Man survives 14 hours in ocean ‘clinging to sea rubbish’ 25th February, 2021 10:29:42 A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish”, his son has revealed. Vidam Perevertilov spent 14 hours in the water after he fell off the cargo ship into the Pacific Ocean in the early hours of the morning, reports BBC. The 52-year-old, who was not wearing a life jacket, credits his decision to swim towards a “black dot” several kilometres away with saving his life. It turned out to be a fishing buoy, which he held onto until his rescue. “He looked about 20 years ...