Rescued After Being Lost at Sea for 66 Days

The man is 37 year old Louis Jordan.  Last week a container ship found him 200 miles off  North Carolina's coast, he says he had been out there for 66 days.

Jordan told CNN, on January 23, he took his sailboat out to the Gulf Stream to find some better fishing, when it capsized. Six days later his father reported him missing.

Because he broke his shoulder when the boat flipped, Jordan couldn't repair the boat's broken mast.

"Everything I owned got broken -- all my electronics, my GPS devices," Jordan told CNN. He was dead in the water, drifting in the Atlantic, rationing food and water until his shoulder healed. When the food ran out he had to find more. Jordan says he managed to catch fish by trailing his dirty clothes in the ocean, then scooping the fish out with a net. He used buckets and an inflatable raft to collect rainwater.

After the shoulder healed somewhat, Jordan says, he was able to rig a makeshift mast but the strong current hindered his travel.   He says the boat capsized two more times before he was rescued.

Needless to say there are many around the world who doubt this story.

Some points of contention: Jordan looked remarkably fit for somebody who spent 66 days at sea fighting for his life.  Rescuers expected him to be sunburned and blistered. He wasn't. He walked off the Coast Guard helicopter and refused a stretcher.  Next thing you know he is on TV.

You know the truth chasers are working to figure out if this story is all true.  If they find it's a hoax, I am sure they will let the world know.