Dan Ho, 65, went swimming at around 5 a.m. and was pulled out to sea by the current, the Suffolk County Police Department said. After about five hours of treading water, he found the fishing pole in the water, tied his shirt to it and waved it in the air.
. After about five hours of treading water, he found the fishing pole in the water, tied his shirt to it and waved it in the air.
About 2 1/2 miles south of the beach where Ho entered the water, he was spotted by Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross, who were out fishing at the time and First responders help Dan Ho, 63, after he was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York, July 31, 2023. / Credit: Suffolk County Police Department
They pulled Ho on board their boat, and Hohorst, who according to Newsday was a former officer for the New York Fire Department's marine bureau, called for help on the radio. He estimated the water temperature was about 68 degrees Fahrenheit, Newsday reported. "He was in shock and pretty incoherent at the time," Hohorst told the outlet. "We figured he had maybe an hour left. He was very hypothermic and said he had been drinking a lot of salt water."When police officers met up with the boat, Ho was conscious and alert but couldn't stand, police said. He was treated for hypothermia on the police boat and taken to a U.S. Coast Guard station.
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