Captain Spent Over 18 Hours Clinging to Cooler Off Florida Coast After Hurricane Milton: 'Nightmare Scenario'

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a Florida captain who survived the night in the Gulf of Mexico by clinging to a cooler after Hurricane Milton. On Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1:30 p.m. local time, “a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew rescued a man approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key after he was found clinging to a cooler wearing a life jacket,” according to a news release from the Coast Guard.