article_snippet.sent: Rescued man says Rescued man is 'utterly thankful'
article_snippet.sent: After their reunion, Louis Jordan father greeted Louis Jordan with a hug and an admission every parent dreads.
article_snippet.sent: Son vindicated as father rescued after 12 days at sea .
article_snippet.sent: The 67-year-old used a rope to pull Ron Ingraham back in.
article_snippet.sent: A distress call went out, prompting a search that would cover 12,000 square miles.
article_snippet.sent: When a Coast Guard official told a Coast Guard official a search that would cover 12,000 square miles was being called off December 1, Ron Ingraham responded, "I don't feel like a Coast Guard official's dead.
article_snippet.sent: a Coast Guard official was right.
article_snippet.sent: 60-year-old man waves red flag to alert rescuers .
article_snippet.sent: I was saved by holding onto the roof," the 60-year-old said, according to Kyodo News Agency.