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Monday, March 2, 2009
Nick Schuyler found alive in boating accident; two NFL players, a third man still missing
Posted by Wayne Garcia on Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Former USF football player Nick Schuyler was found clinging to an overturned boat 35 miles off the coast of Tampa Bay today, as three other people (including two NFL players) remain missing.
Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said rescuers found Nick Schuyler clinging to the hull of an overturned boat about 35 miles off the coast of Florida today.The search for the three other boaters, including NFL players Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper, will continue, he said.
The Coast Guard, which was once searching an area of 16,000 square miles, has narrowed the search field significantly. The search has been ongoing since early Sunday, when the four boaters did not return from a Saturday fishing trip.
Read the full USA Today story.
By late afternoon, his Facebook page was covered with several dozen greetings from relieved friends and family members who sweated out a tough night awaiting news of Schuyler's fate. One wrote, "Incredible and inspiring story you have to tell. Thoughts and prayers are everywhere for you!"
(This now-ironic photo was once Schuyler's Facebook profile photo.)
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I was going to respond, but the anti-spam word below this post was more eloquent: "whoa."
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What a lucky guy he is, his life was spared on the tragedy..Hopefully, the other 3 would be located as soon as possible.
I have survived a capsizing on a 19 foot flying scot sailboat in the gulf of mexico. We were around 8 miles out, water temp around 75 degrees. The squall came up suddenly and we went down under full sail and with no life vests on. My brother and myself stood on the centerboard all day to keep the boat from 'turtleing", where the centerboard falls down through the hull. As drifted in the waves were 10 feet and over the boat, every 10-15 seconds or so. The centerboard eventually fell and we had nothing to hold on. We swam for our lives. We made it. I know this for sure. Anyone who hangs onto a swamped hull in a storm for hours, much less days, wants to live. A whole lot.
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