How did a massive oil tanker heading from Amsterdam to New York stumble upon a battered sailboat lost at sea, carrying two friends from New Jersey and Minnie the poodle — all of whom were on the brink of death? The captain called it divine intervention
Kevin Hyde, a 65-year-old lifelong sailor, invited 76-year-old friend Joe DiTommasso and his poodle Minnie to join him on a sail trip to Florida aboard his sailboat, the Atrevida II.On Dec. 3, the trio sailed away from the Outer banks of North Carolina after making a stop there."I’ve never heard winds so bad my whole life! Sounded like the devil was out there," said DiTomasso.
"We were just being pushed out to sea farther and farther," said Hyde."It's like finding a needle in a haystack in this situation, the waves were bigger than my boat." Finally on Tuesday, a crew member from the Silver Muna oil tanker spotted the two weary sailors more than 200 miles off the coast of Delaware.
Hyde said the vessel was"probably the last ship that would have been able to find" the two men and the dog.
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