They heard banging from inside the boat, so they knew the man was alive. However, the sea was too rough, so the sailor had to wait overnight to be rescued.
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A 62-year-old French sailor has been rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain after surviving for 16 hours in a tiny air bubble under his capsized sailboat, the Spanish coastguard said Thursday.