Diver (68) survives night in ocean

A stray 68-year-old Australian diver was rescued after a perilous adventure of 17 hours from the ocean.

The Coast Guard Monday circulated video footage of the rescue. To hear how a rescuer raised greeted the man striking. 'Good day guy, you need a ride?' He had drifted nearly 20 kilometers. There were hours searching for him with three helicopters and a plane.

the man's friends had beaten alarm when they were in the evening his empty boat saw. The people of the coast guard to call it a miracle that they found the man. For the Australian coast swimmers are regularly attacked by sharks.

The diver had a few days ago cleaned his equipment and had then forgotten to reassemble the GPS. He makes it to good conditions.