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Woman:
TWO SENIORS ARE SAFE
AFTERTHEIR SAILBOAT TIPPED OVER.
THEY HAD TO SWIM 100-YARDS
THROUGH FRINLID WATER AN ISLAND
NUMBER THE LAKE YESTERDAY.
STEVEICLE -- STEVE KELSO CAUGHT
UP.
Reporter: THEY
THOUGHT YESTERDAY WAS BE A NICE
DAY TO GET A LAST SAIL IN AND
TODAY THE BOAT IS CAPSIZED AND
THE SHERIFF SAYS IF IT WERE NOT
FOR LIFE JACKETS THEY WOULD TELL
A DIFFERENT STORE GEE --
IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE WORLD.
Reporter: HE IS
82 YEARS OLD, A RETIRED
PHYSICIAN AND KNOWS HOW QUICKLY
HYPOTHERMIA SETS IN.
IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.
Reporter: HE
SAYS THE WINDS CAME UP FAST.
THE HE MADE A SAILOR'S MISTAKE.
A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM, BUT IT'S
COMPLICATED BY THE FACT HIS WIFE
IS NOT A SWIMMER.
A NEIGHBOR CALLED 911 AND THE
POLICE CHIEF COMMANDEERED
A NEARBY BOAT, BUT IT HAD
PROBLEMS.
I WANTED TO TAKE US TO SHORE.
Reporter: NOW
SHIVERING AND WRAPPED IN A TARP
JOHN FOUND ON THE ISLAND THEY
WERE FORCED TO WAIT FOR THE
MARINE UNIT AND IT WAS THEN JOHN
LONDON BEGAN TO CONTEMPLATE HIS
FUTURE AS A SAILOR.
WHEN I GET HOME I WILL PUT IT
FOR SAIL.
SHE CHUCKLED ABOUT THAT.
WANT TO BUY A BOAT?
Reporter: STEVE
KELSO, 24 HOUR NEWS 8.