Louis Jordan(37)a US sailor who was missing at sea for more than two months has been found alive and well

 

A US sailor who was missing at sea for more than two months has been found alive and well, sitting on his upturned boat. How is it possible to survive so long adrift?

Louis Jordan  set off from the marina at Conway, South Carolina, on January 23,2015, telling his family he was going on a fishing trip to "catch some big ones".

What happened next is unclear. At some point, the sailor told media, his boat "flipped" in the night during bad weather. The mast snapped in half and the boat began filling with water.

His family reported him missing, but the Coast Guard were unable to find him. Even his father, Frank, lost hope of ever seeing his son again.

But 66 days later, a passing German ship found him clinging to his capsized vessel, 200 miles (320km) off the coast of North Carolina.

Louis Jordan's ordeal

• January 23,2015: Sails out of the marina in Conway, South Carolina, on his boat Angel
• January 29,2015: Reported missing by his father Frank, who told Miami Coast Guard his son had not been seen or heard from in a week
• February 8,2015: Search operation launched by Coast Guard
• February 18,2015: Search abandoned with no sign of Mr Jordan or his vessel
• April 02,2015: Found sitting on the hull of his capsized boat, 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina.