Saturday night, Kevin Olmstead was rescued by boat after 10 hours of treading water in the middle of the Mississippi Sound.
Olmstead said it started after a morning of fishing. He was packing up to leave Dauphin Island’s West End Saturday around 10am. He decided to grab his life jacket because the water was getting choppy.
Olmstead said he thought he put his boat in neutral so he undid the kill switch and was turning around to reach for his life jacket when the rough water tipped him out of his boat.Olmstead was in the middle of the Mississippi Sound with no life jacket. He said he instantly went into survival mode.Then he said he started treading water against the current for nearly 10 hours.Once he made it there, he said hyperthermia was setting in.
Finally, after about 20 minutes of hanging on the pylon and just before the sun set, one of his fishing buddies who had joined in with rescue crews spotted him and brought him home.He said he’s so thankful for the rescue crews who found him. He also wanted to remind all boaters to make sure the boat is in neutral before getting out of the drivers seat and always have a life jacket on or where you can easily grab it.Download the FOX10 Weather App. Get life-saving severe weather warnings and alerts for your location no matter where you are. Available free in the
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