wasn t as good as the sushi bar but that s how i hydrated. reporter: a true fisherman s tale that could have ended in disaster. he made this call for help on thanksgiving day as his 25 foot sailboat. may day, may day. i m in the middle of the channel. i tried all night. weather up, i couldn t make it. reporter: after four days, the coast guard called off the search for the boat. they simply couldn t find it. that s when ingraham told him his dad was missing. i was crushed, like, anybody would normally feel after they feel their dad is probably gone. reporter: miraculously after 12 days at sea, a navy ship
search three days. then nine days later, ingraham sent out another distress call. this is what his son said it was like when his father was fou foufoun found 60 miles south of honolulu. the coast guard told me they were calling off the search. i broke down and started crying. i was thinking of an image of somebody, you know, floating in the water. i said did you find the sailboat, too. he said we found your dad and the sailboat. he s alive. somehow is he alive? he survived by catching and eating fish and joked it wasn t as good as a sushi bar. what an amazing story. happy for that family. time magazine named the person of the year. they chose the care givers of the workerss on the frontlines f
we ve had here in five years. public schools already closed in advance. wor worrisome, yes. the moisture is also a welcome relief for a state in the middle of a record drought. definitely need the rain, so i m glad it s coming. of course, we don t want our house to flood. reporter: dan simon, cnn, san francisco. rough weather off the coast of hawaii nearly cost the 77-year-old fisherman his life. he was lost for sea for 12 days when it damaged his sailboat. the beginning of an ordeal sounding from a hollywood movie. given up on finding him. sarah with more on the rescue. reporter: rescuers thought he died at sea but fisherman ron ingraham is alive and well enough to crack jokes. i was out of water by hydrated on fish. i caught fish and that s what