https://gma.yahoo.com/ex-miami-dolphin-p...ories.html

Rob Konrad, a former six-year Miami Dolphins fullback, survived a boating accident in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday night by swimming nine miles to shore, the Coast Guard said

Well he is a Dolphin!

Incredible story.

Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

(01-09-2015 10:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

74 degree water temps, and the currents must have been at least neutral to not take him out further.

His wallet just floated to shore...

(01-09-2015 11:07 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 10:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

74 degree water temps, and the currents must have been at least neutral to not take him out further.

The article says he was in the water 10-12 hours. Over that amount of time, even 80 degree water can induce hypothermia. Water conducts a lot more heat out of your body than air does.

(01-09-2015 10:50 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Well he is a Dolphin!

Incredible story.

Unreal, dude is still a gamer 10 years After he retired! Seeing that he survived that dolphin comment is very funny!

(01-09-2015 11:21 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 11:07 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 10:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

74 degree water temps, and the currents must have been at least neutral to not take him out further.

The article says he was in the water 10-12 hours. Over that amount of time, even 80 degree water can induce hypothermia. Water conducts a lot more heat out of your body than air does.

That's where the 4 years at Syracuse come in handy....

(01-09-2015 12:38 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 11:21 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 11:07 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 10:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

74 degree water temps, and the currents must have been at least neutral to not take him out further.

The article says he was in the water 10-12 hours. Over that amount of time, even 80 degree water can induce hypothermia. Water conducts a lot more heat out of your body than air does.

That's where the 4 years at Syracuse come in handy....

LOL

(01-09-2015 11:21 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 11:07 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 10:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Wow. The nine mile swim is bad enough but consider:

1) This is salt water and the temperatures are a little cool this time of year.
2) The waters are infested with sharks, barracuda and other predatory fish.

He is very luck to be alive.

74 degree water temps, and the currents must have been at least neutral to not take him out further.

The article says he was in the water 10-12 hours. Over that amount of time, even 80 degree water can induce hypothermia. Water conducts a lot more heat out of your body than air does.

He went to hospital for that.

I read that Konrad made it ashore and walked up to an oceanfront mansion wearing nothing but his underwear. I'm sure the homeowner thought Konrad was a crazy homeless person.

If he could swim 9 miles he should still be in the league!

576 lengths in the pool.

http://www.nunesmagician.com/2015/1/12/7...-mile-swim

(01-09-2015 10:48 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  https://gma.yahoo.com/ex-miami-dolphin-p...ories.html

Rob Konrad, a former six-year Miami Dolphins fullback, survived a boating accident in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday night by swimming nine miles to shore, the Coast Guard said

One of my all time favorite players. Glad he is ok. Incredible story.

PLANTATION, Fla. -- The former NFL fullback entered the room with a wobble in his walk, and needed assistance climbing a podium so he could face a media throng and discuss his death-defying 16-hour swim to shore.

Rob Konrad sipped from a bottle of water, his efforts to rehydrate ongoing four days after the episode. His wife sat at his side rubbing his leg in support, and tears welled in their eyes as he spoke Monday.

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AP Photo/Lynne SladkyRob Konrad described how he survived 16 hours in the water last week after falling from his boat.

"Happy to be here," he began with a wry smile.

"I shouldn't be here," he said later, his voice cracking.

The 38-year-old Konrad's escape was a testament to willpower and world-class athleticism. The first reports of his adventure last week received worldwide attention.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/121555...m-survival