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Non-swimmer survives after 60 hours adrift

A Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hour ordeal drifting in rough seas off the island’s east coast even though he cannot swim, local media reported Monday

The Jakarta Post
Taiwan
Tue, January 7, 2014

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Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hourordeal drifting in rough seas off the island'€™s east coast even though he cannotswim, local media reported Monday.

Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels on a beach in Hualien county early Friday when he was swept away by an unexpectedly large wave.

'€œI managed to hold on as the first wave hit me on the chest, but I was overwhelmed by the second and bigger wave,'€ the 42-year-old told the United Daily News.

Media reports said Tseng managed to grab a floating wooden coffin lid to which he clung until early Sunday. There was no explanation of why the lid was present in the sea

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