Man survives two days at sea by clinging to foam cooler
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A Colombian fisherman has miraculously survived spending two nights in the open ocean by clinging to a Styrofoam icebox after his boat capsized.
Solano Salazar, 47, and a friend set sail from the town of Lopez in the south of the country on Friday, but two days later strong winds caused their vessel to overturn 21 miles from the coast.
After the men and their possessions were thrown into the water, Mr Salazar grabbed the nearest buoyant object he could find - clinging on to the icebox for 48 hours until the crew of a passing Colombian naval vessel chanced upon him while carrying out drills in the remote stretch of ocean.
'He was dehydrated and according to what he said, they left on Friday from the Guapi area to fish with another person and they were turned over in bad weather,' he added.
