Rescue video of a bearded sailor plucked from his drifting boat is like seeing a man brought back from the grave. This gripping video of Louis Jordan was shot by the U.S. Coast Guard after Jordan was found by a German freighter. Jordan who was reported missing on January 29 told family members he survived by catching fish with his hands and drinking rain water. He was spotted drifting on his stricken sailboat – a 35-foot vessel called Angel – more than 300 km off the coast of North Carolina by the German-registered Houston Express tanker and taken aboard. Frank Jordan, the sailor’s father, told CNN he did not know what had caused his son’s boat to break down. The senior Jordan expressed his thanks to the freighter’s captain by saying: “I do appreciate it sir.” He captain replied: “It is a pleasure for us.”
