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Missing Boaters from Ft. Pierce Found

Eric Ross is my cousin and Vincent Faulkner married my cousin (Eric's sister) less than a year ago. They went missing after a powerful storm rolled the coast and capsized their 14-ft flat boat (reported on Sunday). They were found this afternoon 70 miles off the coast of Jacksonville by a turkish tanker - they are dehydrated and beat up but otherwise healthy.

I am sharing this news because:

1. We are bombarded by so much bad news these days - it is good to get some of the good news;

2. You should always let the people you love know how much you care for them because you never know when it may be the last time; and

3. Amazing things can and still do happen in our everyday lives and having faith in the 'good' that can come from any situation is a very, very powerful force. :holyness:

Eric, Shanti, and Vincent are my age - I saw Shanti and Vincent get married. It really strikes close to home when I realize how close that was to not being a very happy ending. It renews my faith that miracles can still happen.

JR

 

[maryannette]

Thanks for sharing it, JR. I still believe that there is good in the world and in people. And, I believe in miracles.

 

[Paul S]

That is great news!!!!

 

[Fluvial]

Wow JR. How scary for the guys, and their families too. Glad to hear it all turned out okay.

We should have a "good news" thread.

 

[TouchDown]

Amazing - thanks JR.

 

[benbo]

wow. great news.

 

[Road Guy]

That's awesome jr! Did they look like Tom hanks in castaway?

 

[Slugger926]

Thanks!!

 

[cement]

there is a real life lesson for you. thanks JR!

 

[MA_PE]

I can not imagine being 70 miles out to sea in a 14 ft boat.

Glad this one ended happily.

 

[Dleg]

Wow - those guys are lucky. Glad it turned out OK for everyone.

 

[Ble_PE]

Glad it turned out ok JR! It really hits home when something like this happens close to you. I still remember vividly the day in high school when a good friend was killed in a car wreck on the way to school. It makes you see how fragile everything really is.

 

[Supe]

Great news!

Did Wilson make it?

 

[roadwreck]

Yikes! I'm glad everyone made it home safe. Next question, which one of them had the bright idea to venture out into the Atlantic Ocean on a 14' boat? I think I've seen bigger canoes then that.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Man, that was a pretty harrowing tale. Glad it ended OK.

I'm with rw on the intelligence of taking a boat like that out into the Atlantic. Sounded like a jonboat.

 

[rudy]

I am sharing this news because:1. We are bombarded by so much bad news these days - it is good to get some of the good news;

Wow JR! That is truly good news. Thank you very sharing.

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I am sharing this news because:2. You should always let the people you love know how much you care for them because you never know when it may be the last time; and

I thought we had already established this.

Thank you jregieng for helping answer my ChE questions over in the Chemical forum and for making me feel welcomed when i first signed on. I LOVE YOU MAN !!! Oh... wait... my husband's not going to like that... that's the booze talking... LOL. Seriously, THANK YOU !!!

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I am sharing this news because:3. Amazing things can and still do happen in our everyday lives and having faith in the 'good' that can come from any situation is a very, very powerful force. :holyness:

So very true.

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Great news!
Did Wilson make it?

Too funny. :lmao:

 

[Sschell]

wow JR thats great news, thanks...

I feel tempted to make a three hour tour joke...

 

[Guest]

That's awesome jr! Did they look like Tom hanks in castaway?

They looked pretty rough - mostly sunburned and dehydrated; no majorly long beards.

I'm with rw on the intelligence of taking a boat like that out into the Atlantic. Sounded like a jonboat.

Got some pics for you taken by the sailors aboard the turkish tanker ....





My family are all old net fishermen - that goes back to my great grandfather who learned netmaking skills from local seminole native americans. I am thinking they won't be going back out into the open atlantic with such a small boat.

JR

 

[GTjoy]

thanks for sharing - that's wonderful news! I'm glad they're OK.

And yes, miracles still happen.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Glad to hear they're OK!