Swimmer rescued after more than 12 hours at sea - in nothing but a pair of swimming trunks and surrounded by DOLPHINS
A SWIMMER was rescued after a gruelling 12 hours at sea in nothing but a pair of swimming trunks - helped by dolphins who surrounded him.
The hypothermic and exhausted man from Derry, Ireland, said he had attempted to swim more than five miles off the coast of Castlegregory beach in southwest Ireland to Mucklaghmore Rock, but he was sorely unprepared. Fenit RNLI volunteer Jackie Murphy said it was a 'miracle' the man had survived the ordeal, and credited O'Connell with his rescue thanks to his ability to calculate the swimmer's likely position.The man's salvation came after crews from Fenit RNLI and R118 coastguard conducted an intensive search and rescue operation across Tralee Bay, according to the Irish Independent.
The search operation was called off after several hours in the afternoon, but was reactivated at 6pm as lifeboats were joined by helicopters to aid the search.
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