Radiance of the Seas found a man drifting in the ocean
really scary!!!
09.04.2006
It was saturday 08 of april 2006. i was shooting a portrait studio and decided to close it because i need to go for a break. it was 6:30pm and i was inside the photo managers office placing my suitcase.
and comes an announcement from the loudspeaker coming from the bridge. OSCAR, OSCAR, OSCAR,..... Starboardside OSCAR,OSCAR, OSCAR......Starboardside.
i was waiting for the next announcement "this is a drill" because i was use to that, but nothing came. and i said to myself it's not a drill there's a man overboard. immediately i went outside and saw this man , a black guy sitting on a rubber tires inner tube. he was just 20 feet away from us. i start to run and followed him so i might not lose sight of him and help the OSCAR TEAM to locate the man. because it's easy for us to lose sight of him in the middle of the ocean. when i saw him and i think he saw me too, he didn't even wave at me and ask for help. this guy is tough, imagine drifting in the in the middle of the ocean by himself.
at that instant the oscar team lowered the boat we have and save the man who later informed us that he was drifting for three days and he come from cuba. it is was me , i'll be dead not because of the sharks but because of fright.
I applause the officer of the Radiance of the Seas for their tough job of always looking at the sea.looking at nothing but pure ocean expanse. and spotting the guy who probably didn't notice us until we were too close to him because the ship is running 18 knots.
Pls. pray for all of the officers to bless their family and their loved ones and for them to save more lives in their entire career.
God bless all of you!! I salute you!!
Posted by aacadalin 1:16 PM






