Fishing For Food

He also had a spear gun that he used to fish for food, which he ate raw since he had nothing to cook it with. But it was pretty much what was keeping him alive. He had written about his experience, “I kept a log, fished with my spear gun and made water with a solar still, a contraption that took me days to get working properly, producing just over a pint a day.” And if he hadn’t done all of that, there would have been no way he would have lasted as long as he did.

Sighting A Ship

Around two weeks from the time his boat had been hit, he saw a ship in the distance. Callahan believed that this was going to be his rescue. He was able to light a flare, and he thought that someone on the ship had seen him floating in the water. Sadly, it just sailed right by him, never once even seeming to have seen him there.