One of two lacking fisherman from a Washington-based fishing boat discovered alive

A Canadian vessel rescued a fisherman floating on a raft miles west of Vancouver Island this week. The man was certainly one of two who had been lacking from a Washington-based fishing boat.

The American boat, the Evening, left Grays Harbor in Washington on Oct. 12 and was attributable to return on Oct. 15. A U.S. Coast Guard search for the 2 males aboard was launched Tuesday and aborted Wednesday following an 8-hour search spanning 14,000 sq. miles.

On Thursday, nonetheless, a Canadian boat, the Ocean Sunset, discovered the Evening’s life raft floating about 46 miles west of Canada’s Vancouver Island, in keeping with the Associated Press.

The man aboard the raft, who authorities haven’t named, was in secure situation on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard posted on X. The Canadian Coast Guard introduced him to shore.

“I saw what looked like a life raft in the distance and ran inside and put the binoculars on him and then he shot off a flare,” Ryan Planes, one of many fishermen who rescued the lacking mariner, informed KING-TV.

His uncle John Planes, additionally aboard, informed KING-TV, “We pulled him on board. He gave me a big hug and it was emotional. We made him breakfast. He drank three bottles of water. He was pretty hungry, poor guy.”

The lacking man informed them that he had been alone aboard the life raft for 13 days and had caught and eaten a salmon to outlive after operating out of meals and water.

The second individual aboard the Evening stays lacking, and the U.S. Coast Guard proceeds to research the incident, the company posted on X.