An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his beloved dog has recounted his remarkable tale of surviving on raw fish and rainwater after finally making it safely back to dry land.
(CNN) — An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his beloved dog has recounted his remarkable tale of surviving on raw fish and rainwater after
An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months has stepped foot on dry land for the first time since their ordeal began. After a visit from a doctor on board the Maria Delia, 54-year-old Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock and his dog, Bella, disembarked Tuesday in the Mexican port city of Manzanillo from the fishing boat that rescued them. He told reporters, “I’m feeling alright. I’m feeling a lot better than I was, I tell ya. To the captain and fishing company that saved my life, I’m just so grateful. I’m alive and I didn’t really think I’d make it."
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The Australian castaway who managed to survive for months eating raw fish after his boat got stranded in the Pacific has revealed he believed he would die in the ordeal.