article_snippet.sent: I thought I lost you," the relieved father said.
article_snippet.sent: I was utterly thankful and grateful to the people who rescued me, and I was grateful to God that my parents were not going to be worried about Louis Jordan," Louis Jordan told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: Finally the conditions were right.  
article_snippet.sent: Jodran came ashore Thursday evening.
article_snippet.sent: Louis Jordan thanked the captain of the Houston Express.
article_snippet.sent: You're a good man, I swear.  
article_snippet.sent: You did what you are supposed to do, and I sure do appreciate it," Louis Jordan says.