Missing Sailor Rescued off Cape Hatteras

A sailor, missing for 66 days, was rescued 200 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Louis Jordan’s 35-foot sailboat capsized two months ago. He survived for 66 days at sea on the upturned hull of his boat, drinking rainwater and catching fish, before finally being rescued by a passing German container ship.

Jordan had been presumed dead. He had last been seen leaving a Conway, S.C., marina in January after he had told family he was heading out to open water to fish.

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