Japan's coast guard found a man floating face-down and unresponsive at sea as they searched for survivors from a ship that sank during a typhoon with 43 crew on board.
Japan's coast guard said Friday, September 4, they found a man floating face-down and unresponsive at sea as they searched for survivors from a ship that sank during a typhoon with 43 crew on board.
"The rescued man...is currently being transported to Amami Oshima" island, around 120 kilometers away, the coast guard statement added. Dramatic photos and video released by the coast guard showed the 45-year-old floating in the darkness and being pulled onto a boat with a rope as rescuers battled violent, rolling waves.
He said one of the boat's engines had stopped and a wave then overturned the ship, which later sank, the coast guard said in a statement. The coast guard said Friday they had seen dead livestock, and retrieved a life jacket. Four coast guard vessels, a defense ministry plane, and specially trained divers are involved in the search-and-rescue operation.
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