coast guard rescues man running across ocean in bubble

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-rescues-man-running-across-ocean-bubble-n218496



Running Across Ocean in Bubble rescued

A marathon runner who tried to run his way around the Bermuda Triangle in an inflatable bubble was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday about 70 miles off the coast of Florida after he became exhausted during the trip, authorities said.

Reza Baluchi, a runner who advertised his human-powered trip across ocean to Bermuda, down to Puerto Rico and back to southern Florida on his website, gave up his voyage and activated a locating beacon Saturday morning after refusing requests to abandon the trip, the Coast Guard said.

Rescuers aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk hoisted Baluchi to safety and he was flown to an air station in Clearwater, Florida, for a medical evaluation.

The Coast Guard said it first received a report about the strange craft in the ocean on Wednesday, and that crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Weber tried to convince him to abandon the planned 3,500-mile trip after noticing that his inflatable, human-powered bubble was only stocked with water and protein bars, but he refused

[tularetom]

1. Actually I'm surprised he made it 70 miles

[lob1]

2. Sissy!! Using a bubble.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. lol

[cwydro]

9. LOL! nt

[msanthrope]

4. Send him a godamn bill. nt

[Cleita]

5. I hope that medical evaluation includes an examination of his head.

What the "H" was he thinking.

[Warpy]

8. So close to a Darwin Award, yet so far away

Gatorade and protein bars wouldn't have gotten him to Bermuda, let alone thousands of miles around the triangle.

He likely got as far as he did via favorable winds. That could change at any time.

[malaise]

13. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I was about to suggest the same

[Cali_Democrat]

15. LOL

[BlueJazz]

6. 3500 miles ?? "You're going to go around the ocean for 3500 miles in a clear garbage bag?"

...and you have some water and protein bars?....and there are large "things" out in the ocean that may mistake you for "A Treat"??

Count me in!

[tblue37]

12. Things that would look at him and think, "Mmmmmm. Protein bar." nt

[greytdemocrat]

7. He needs a mental evaluation. Idiot. nt

[magical thyme]

10. um, what did he plan to do when he ran out of O2?

And how was he going to run when his bubble started to fill with poop and pee?

[NYC_SKP]

11. Will the Jack Ass have to reimburse US for the expense of the chopper?

I'm fighting with Anthem over a $27,500 LifeFlight claim for a legitimate medical emergency that required brain surgery (they call it a 'fell and hit your head').

So this idiot required a longer flight, I'm sure.

I suppose he'll skate and we'll pay.

[lpbk2713]

14. He probably won't have to pay if he's a well connected rethuglican.

Even though this was a really stupid stunt of his own choosing.

And even if he did put the USCG crew and equipment at risk.