Fisherman rescued after surviving five days adrift clinging to wreckage off Venezuela
Published date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:01:11 +0700
This is the dramatic moment a fisherman was hauled to safety after surviving five days adrift in the Caribbean Sea by clinging to the wreckage of his sunken boat off Venezuela.
Footage shows the exhausted angler, identified as Isael Jose Ortiz, 30, balancing on a broken section of the vessel as a passing yacht approaches him in the open water off the coast of Higuerote, Miranda State.