A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach has been rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Thursday.

    This is why I always wear my floaties even as a grown man.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know that 37 hours of drifting in a swim ring in the middle of the ocean would be interesting. Terrifying, sure, but also just mind-numbingly boring after a while. Just waiting there to either be rescued or die. And obviously she wouldn’t want to hurry things along in case rescue came, so she just had to float there. For 37 hours. Hoping it wouldn’t be her last 37 hours. No one wants a slow and lingering death.