imagine, 50 agonizing days in a small boat that had drifted more than 800 miles. they were presumed dead, their families even held a memorial service for them. the crew of a fishing boat saw the boys waving frantically yesterday afternoon, obviously hungry, dehydrated, but very much alive and happy to finally be safe. on the telephone to join us right now from the solomon islands is dorothy wickham, a reporter for global radio news. dorothy, the obvious question we must begin with, how did they manage to survive? what did they do for food and water? reporter: well, they told rescuers that they survived by catching fish and eating a sea gull that landed on their boat. gregg: and what about water? well, that was why they were very fortunate, because they had just told the
of lake michigan in a dress perate ceremony for missing boater. the pair were celebrated from the sailboat friday morning off the shore of chicago. crews saving the two women we re told were treading water for hours until someone in a fishing boat saw them. i noticed a woman. she was waving her arm. it looked for a board, maybe she was diving or out swimming. we didn t see anything. immediately stopped. pull over and pulled her out. she said there were three more people in the wild. they have mild hypothermia. crack pipe give-away and castle for sale. two stops as we go across america. michigan, sigh of relief this weekend that an explosion at chemical plant in the southern part of the state didn t send the whole plant