[Leon Harris, Cnn Anchor:] Speaking of fishing,...
[Daryn Kagan, Cnn Anchor:] Yes.
[Harris:] ... I bet Lech Walesa has nothing on this next guy we're going to talk about.
[Kagan:] Yes, you want a fishing show.
[Harris:] You want this guy. This guy, incredibly, remarkable drama that played out on high seas centers around one man who says that he set out for a brief one- day trip that turned into a nearly four-month-long ordeal. Jennifer Sabih of our affiliate KCBS now with the details.
[Richard Van Pham, Rescued:] God saved me so I'm here.
[Jennifer Sabih, Kcbs-tv Reporter:] For Van Pham, God is the only explanation for how he survived adrift at sea by himself on his 26-foot broken sailboat with no food and no water for three- and-a-half months.
[Van Pham:] I ate a lot of fish and water where's water.
[Sabih:] And when the fish weren't biting and the sea turtles were scarce, the seagulls who roosted on the bow became fair game.
[Van Pham:] No nothing, no fish, no turtle, had to catch a bird. The bird tastes not too good.
[Sabih:] It was back in June, Van Pham set sail from Long Beach to Catalina Island 25 miles away, but he says a strong wind broke his mast and busted his outbound motor and left him at the mercy of the sea. A Navy warship spotted him just last week. He was off the coast of Costa Rica.
[Captain Jerry Bragg, U.s. Navy:] It's very unbelievable. I mean the fact that the individual was forced to survive on his own wits, eating sea turtle and birds and capturing rain water, is just a phenomenal story of survival.
[Van Pham:] When I see the ship, help me, no survival.
[Sabih:] What did you miss the most?
[Van Pham:] I miss mostly TV.
[Kagan:] He missed TV. When you're dining on all that sea turtle, how could you worry about TV?
[Harris:] I don't know, I guess great story. Van Pham's sailboat was so badly damaged that officials had to sink it and that left him with no place to live.
[Kagan:] Yes, but you suggested now he's going to sell his story. He'll go back to Hollywood, sell his story, go buy a yacht or something.
[Harris:] Exactly. Oh you know he will.
[Kagan:] Yes.
[Harris:] That's before the movie comes out because you know he's going to make a ton of money on that.
[Kagan:] Absolutely. Thanks to KCBS for that story.
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