Dramatic Rescue at Sea After 26 Hour Ordeal

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Dramatic Rescue at Sea After 26 Hour Ordeal

Weather.com - Matt Sampson, 9/12/12, Associated Press

Harris was adrift at sea for more than 24 hours in this plastic container.

SITKA, Alaska — A fisherman who spent a night adrift in a 4-by-4 foot plastic fish bin after his boat sank off Alaska says he gave himself pep talks and sang “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” to keep his spirits up. His fellow crewmember managed to get into a survival suit and washed ashore on a beach after his own night afloat.

A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted Ryan Harris, 19, of Sitka, from his plastic “lifeboat” on Saturday, more than 24 hours after the boat sank on Friday, the Daily Sitka Sentinel (http://is.gd/bgoPcT) reported Monday.

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