Man floating on airbed rescued 40km off the Costa del Sol coast
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A man floating on a pool lilo was picked up in the middle of the Mediterranean in a ‘miracle rescue’.
An oil tanker spotted the man 37km off the coast of Estpona after crew members thought they saw a ‘lost toy’.
But after looking through binoculars they saw the man bobbing along on the air bed using a makeshift oar.
Spain’s Maritime Safety and Rescue Society said: ‘Binoculars confirmed it was an adult male, fully clothed, calmly paddling in the middle of open water.’
‘He wasn’t a migrant, he wasn’t in distress, and he didn’t seem to think 37 kilometres offshore on a pool toy was particularly strange.
‘He just said he’d gone out for a paddle, and the current took him farther than planned.’
A high-speed rescue craft was scrambled to rescue the man and take him to Estepona port, where he was checked by medical staff but was released.
The man was spotted 37km off the coast of Estpona on a lilo with a makeshit oar (Picture: SOLARPIX.COM)
The man was ‘not in distress and he didn’t seem to think 37 kilometres offshore on a pool toy was particularly strange’ (Picture: SOLARPIX.COM)
It comes after more than 50 cruise ship passengers were left floating at sea after a boat sank in the Caribbean.
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