some headlines really catch your eye: Coast Guard Rescues Man Running Across Ocean in Bubble
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. ''
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