Pulled out to sea by current, swimmer is rescued after treading water for 5 hours
Police say a swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New York’s Long Island after treading water for five hours NEW YORK -- A swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New York's Long Island after treading water for five hours , police said. Dan Ho, 63, went swimming at a beach in Babylon at around 5 a.m. Monday and was pulled out by the current , Suffolk County police said in a news release. After treading water with no flotation device for five hours, Ho found a broken fishing pole and tied his shirt to it to try to flag down a passing boat, police said. Two men in a fishing boat spotted Ho about 2 1/2 miles (4 kilometers) south of where he had entered the water, police said. The men, Jim Hohorst and Michael Ross, pulled Ho onto their boat and radioed police for help. Hohorst said Tuesday that Ho appeared to be “almost done” when he was rescued. “He wasn’t looking good, couldn’t move his legs,” said Hohorst, a forme...