How To Survive 75 Hours Alone In The Ocean • Discoverology

How To Survive 75 Hours Alone In The Ocean

In n February 2006, Robert Hewitt was scuba diving near Mana Island, off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Amazingly, Hewitt spent the next 75 hours in the water, drifting back and forth over a distance of nearly 40 miles before he was spotted by Navy diving friends and rescued.

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