Sunday, October 5, 2008

Jim Bell still swimming

After more than 24hrs in the water, Jim Bell is still alive and swimming. The Coast Guard, or one of the local fishing boats found him...still two miles north of Tinian (Tinian is only about 3 miles south of Saipan). I guess the current swept him out to sea, and he has been fighting to get back all night. They found him this morning...and he refused to get into the boat--still wanting to finish the swim to Tinian. At least now he has some kind of 'safety net', as the boat that found him is now following him. Time will tell whether or not he makes it, but he continues to surprise all of us with his stubborn tenacity.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

any more news? 24+ hours is long for anyone let alone a 70 year old