Balthasar Wyss said he and another passenger were able to escape on a small life raft after their 54-foot sailboat started to sink. The captain did not make it.
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — A Mercer Island man was rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean while sailing from Brazil to South Africa.
“You got a second life,” said Balthasar Wyss. “An opportunity at another life and it does something really interesting to you.”
Wyss was able to escape a sinking sailboat and fought to survive the rough waters on a life raft for five hours.
“Tremendous thing for you, when you’re
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