![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/man-swept-out-to-sea-forced-to-tread-water-for-five-hours-before-he-is-finally-rescued/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1_Man-swept-out-to-sea-forced-to-tread-water-for-5-hours-before-boaters-rescue-him.jpg&description=Dan Ho went for a swim at 5am off Long Island before he was swept away by the strong currents. He fought with the waves for five hours until finally someone spotted and rescued him A man was forced to tread water for five hours before being rescued from the sea after he was swept away by currents. On Monday morning, a 63-year-old man named Dan Ho was swimming off Long Island when he got swept out to sea by strong currents. He managed to tread water for five hours without any flotation devices and improvised a makeshift flag using a broken fishing rod and his shirt to attract rescuers. Around 10.30am, he was spotted by two men on a motorboat, Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross, who pulled him out of the water onto their vessel. They alerted emergency responders, and the Suffolk County Police Department's marine unit came to meet the civilian boat. Ho was transferred to their ship, where he was treated for hypothermia. He was later taken to the US Coast Guard Station on Fire Island and then to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip for further treatment. Despite exhaustion, he remained conscious and alert throughout the ordeal. Suffolk County Police Department said in a Facebook post: "A morning swim turned into a fight for survival for a Copiague man who was pulled out into the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning." According to the police, Dan Ho went swimming at approximately 5am at Cedar Beach in Babylon and was pulled out by the current. After treading water for approximately five hours, Ho found a broken fishing pole in the water, tied his shirt to it and waved the shirt in the air in an attempt to notify passing vessels of his presence. Approximately two and a half miles south of where he entered the water, Ho was spotted by Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross aboard a 2007 Albin Tropical Soul. Hohorst and Ross pulled Ho onto the boat and Hohorst made a call over VHF radio. Marine Juliet, operated by Officer Robert Jenkins and Officer Bernadette Benjamin, responded and m){kind=link}
Dan Ho went for a swim at 5am off Long Island before he was swept away by the strong currents. He fought with the waves for five hours until finally someone spotted and rescued him
A man was forced to tread water for five hours before being rescued from the sea after he was swept away by currents.
On Monday morning, a 63-year-old man named Dan Ho was swimming off Long Island when he got swept out to sea by strong currents. He managed to tread water for five hours without any flotation devices and improvised a makeshift flag using a broken fishing rod and his shirt to attract rescuers.
Around 10.30am, he was spotted by two men on a motorboat, Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross, who pulled him out of the water onto their vessel. They alerted emergency responders, and the Suffolk County Police Department’s marine unit came to meet the civilian boat.
Ho was transferred to their ship, where he was treated for hypothermia. He was later taken to the US Coast Guard Station on Fire Island and then to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip for further treatment. Despite exhaustion, he remained conscious and alert throughout the ordeal.