i. ad you give dnr. we were. i thought i lost you. at sea for more than two months months and no sunburn. that s something. coast guard officials say they re still trying to piece together exactly what happened but they re having a hard time. the map says he survived by rationing food and packed drinking water and rain water and grabbed some fish and ate that. laura ingle is in the new york city newsroom. more than two months. yeah. we re going to get to the bottom of that hopefully. the coast guard says louis jordan is doing well, he is with his family and they re giving him time recuperate from the open sea adventure before talking more with him about how exactly he survived after being plucked by the coast guard off the german cargo ship. he was checked out at hospitalized. today he spoken with a tv station about how he prayed to god for help when his sailboat capsized. i was flying through the air somersaulting and the ceiling
that s him right there, getting a pat on the back. on thursday, a passing ship found him on his disabled sail boat near cape hatteras, north carolina. and you see him just walking away like that. the coast guard helicopter picked him up from the ship and soon after, jordan got a chance to speak to his father on the phone. listen. hey, louis, you re fine, son. i m so glad you re alive. we prayed and prayed and we hoped that you were still alive. so that s all that matters. that s the only thing that matters. your mother huh? i was afraid that you guys were crying and sad that i was dead and i wasn t dead. we were. i thought i lost you. jordan is now at a virginia hospital. he said he tried to fix the boat but couldn t sail back to south carolina. but just to see him walking away from that helicopter after
rescued after 66 days stranded at sea in a disabled boat. crying and sad that dead and i wasn t dead. announcer: this is new day, with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning, and welcome back to your new day. alisyn camerota has the day off. but chris and i are here handling the news for you today on this good friday. the framework for a landmark nuclear deal with iranians is now in place. president obama hailing it as historic but it is only a blueprint. three more months of challenging negotiations lie ahead to finalize it. now comes the big sell right? the president says this is a good deal. there s safe guards in place to catch the iranianes if they cheat. he s warning members of congress not to mess with it there are other ideas afoot in this discussion. we ll cover it from every angle. start with cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott live
and sad that i was dead and i wasn t dead. i was utterly grateful and thankful to the people who rescued me. and i was grateful to god that my parents were not going to be worried about me. an agonizing ordeal for jordan s family coming to a close. let s have a hug. i love this man. love him with all my heart. and chris, to your point, he does look to be in incredible medical condition, given the 66 days. that he was at sea. the story is still being investigated by authorities. there s no question that he was reported missing by his family. so how long he was gone is really not a doubt here. it is the conditions under which he actually had to survive. but no doubt he s also very lucky, because of the crew that spotted him at sea, the coast guard that brought him to shore and maybe the vessel he was on
matters. your mother huh? i was praying about you, because i was afraid that you were crying and sad that i was dead and i wasn t dead. well, we were. i thought i lost you. wow. and so thankful i m sure that family to have him back. jordan is now at a virginia hospital. he says he tried to fix his boat but couldn t sail back to south carolina where he departed. that s the news this hour. i m george howell. we thank you for watching. another hour straight ahead with natalie allen here on cnn. introducing the kelley blue book price advisor. the powerful tool that shows you what should pay. it gives you a fair purchase price that s based on what others recently paid for the same new car and kelley blue book s trusted pricing expertise. kbb.com you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don t think