A fishing boat captain left clinging to a cooler in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton has been rescued, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued the captain Thursday, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Longboat Key, and brought him to a Tampa hospital for treatment, the military branch said in a statement.
"This man survived in a nightmare scenario for even the most experienced mariner," Dana Grady, the U.S. Coast Guard's Sector St.