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Video: Kayaker Survives 17 Hours On Long Island Sound Video: Kayaker Survives 17 Hours On Long Island Sound
Video: Kayaker Survives 17 Hours On Long Island Sound Much like Gilligan only planned on going on a three-hour tour, longtime kayak fisherman Mike Diaz didn’t plan on spending more than 12 hours in the Long Island Sound when his vessel took on water and left him stranded near the Connecticut shore. Veteran fisherman Mike Diaz, who has frequented the Long Island Sound from his kayak for 12 years, spent 17 hours in the water during a recent venture, when his kayak sprung a leak and his dry box got wet, leaving him alone in the area with no means of contacting the outside world as a storm came to the area. On Oct. 7, last year, Diaz set out on a …