{"id":44027,"date":"2022-07-24T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T10:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=44027"},"modified":"2022-07-24T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T10:25:42","slug":"this-man-stayed-at-sea-for-18-hours-and-was-only-saved-thanks-to-a-beach-ball-see-what-happened-and-how-the-ball-saved-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=44027","title":{"rendered":"This man stayed at sea for 18 hours and his only hope was this beach ball.. See what happened below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old man was on a beach holiday when strong currents washed him out to sea; nevertheless, in a move reminiscent of the movie Castaway, he now has a soccer ball to thank for his life.<\/p>\n<p>Before being rescued 15 miles away, the Macedonian guy had to spend 18 hours in the Aegean Sea clinging onto the partially deflated leather ball. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DCB89797-9823-49F7-9F47-3CE70C6A33A6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DCB89797-9823-49F7-9F47-3CE70C6A33A6.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DCB89797-9823-49F7-9F47-3CE70C6A33A6-273x300.jpeg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ivan was becoming fatigued despite being a competent swimmer when his luck failed his and the rainbow-colored ball floated toward him, according to Serbian news outlet Telegraf.<\/p>\n<p>When word of Ivan&#8217;s real-life &#8216;Wilson!&#8217; incident spread, two Greek kids claimed that the bright ball had been lost in the water 10 days earlier while they were playing football on the 80-mile-away island of Lemnos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/094B64BC-DB4F-4600-97A7-7C975896D206.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/094B64BC-DB4F-4600-97A7-7C975896D206.jpeg 421w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/094B64BC-DB4F-4600-97A7-7C975896D206-287x300.jpeg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Global News, Ivan was discovered by a Greek Air Force chopper that was part of the search team hunting for Ivan&#8217;s friend, who hasn&#8217;t been located.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan&#8217;s father and Kassandra Mayor Anastasia Chalkia were shown holding the ball in front of a hospital on the northern peninsula municipality.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACA14F62-48F6-46D1-860D-B5F4239CCF38.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACA14F62-48F6-46D1-860D-B5F4239CCF38.jpeg 412w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACA14F62-48F6-46D1-860D-B5F4239CCF38-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACA14F62-48F6-46D1-860D-B5F4239CCF38-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;I was kept constantly informed of the rescue&#8217;s progress and am delighted with how smoothly the young man&#8217;s journey ended.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 30-year-old man was on a beach holiday when strong currents washed him out to sea; nevertheless, in a move reminiscent of the \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=44027\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[731,741,758,1,14],"tags":[745,783,735],"class_list":["post-44027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-stories","category-interesting","category-people","category-1","category-14","tag-interesting","tag-life","tag-real-life-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This man stayed at sea for 18 hours and his only hope was this beach ball.. 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