Louis Jordan , 37 , had been missing at sea for more than two months before he was picked up off the North Carolina coast by a ship on Thursday . Jordan had told his family in January that he was 'going into the open water ' to go fishing and would not come back until late June or early July. He was found sitting on the capsized hull of his sailboat and plucked from the sea by a helicopter . He had a broken collarbone and was dehydrated but looked in good health and was able to walk to the hospital unaided . ' To us it 's just a miracle . We 're just so thrilled that he was found alive , ' said his mother Norma Davis . Jordan told rescuers he survived drinking rain water and eating raw fish and read a bible repeatedly from cover to cover .
Louis Jordan , 37 , had been missing at sea for more than two months before he was picked up off the North Carolina coast by a ship on Thursday . Jordan had told his family in January that he was 'going into the open water ' to go fishing but the boat capsized and the mast broke . He was found sitting on the capsized hull of his sailboat and plucked from the sea by a helicopter . He had a broken collarbone and was dehydrated but looked in good health and was able to walk to the hospital unaided . 'To us it 's just a miracle . We 're just so thrilled that he was found alive , ' said his mother Norma Davis . Jordan told rescuers he survived drinking rain water and eating raw fish and read a bible repeatedly from cover to cover .