article_snippet.sent: The thing is: Ron Ingraham isn't one of those people.
article_snippet.sent: Ron Ingraham's a fisherman.
article_snippet.sent: The sea is both Ron Ingraham life and livelihood, Ron Ingraham son, Zakary, told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: And Ron Ingraham's tough, with Ron Ingraham son jokingly comparing his son to Rambo.
article_snippet.sent: Still, even the hardiest fishermen would have been tested by what Ron Ingraham went through after setting off around last Thanksgiving solo from the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
article_snippet.sent: After bad weather hit, Ron Ingraham told CNN affiliate KHNL/KGMB that Ron Ingraham 25-foot sailboat went "backwards all night long."
article_snippet.sent: At one point, a huge wave struck -- pushing Ron Ingraham mast into the water and Ron Ingraham as well.
article_snippet.sent: But Ron Ingraham boat couldn't be rescued so easily, leaving Ron Ingraham at the mercy of the current.
article_snippet.sent: Twelve days after that first distress call, Ron Ingraham was picked up about 64 miles (103 kilometers) south of Honolulu "weak, hungry and dehydrated" and -- most importantly -- alive.
article_snippet.sent: Ron Ingraham headed back to shore only after getting assurances his boat would come with Ron Ingraham.