'I was desperate': Surfer who wrote 'HELP' in sand reveals movie inspired rescue plea
Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 9:59AM
Ben Searancke recovering at home with his wife Jenny and daughter Sylvie Hariata. (Photo / NZ Herald)
'I was desperate': Surfer who wrote 'HELP' in sand reveals movie inspired rescue plea
Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 9:59AM
In his last moments of consciousness after being smashed against Auckland's west coast rocky ocean cliffs for three hours, Ben Searancke admits he resorted to the survival guide of a Tom Hanks movie.
Remembering the Hollywood film Cast Away he watched a few weeks earlier he ploughed "HELP" in the sand on Auckland's Mercer Bay. And then he fainted.