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"Christopher Rios the lost diver in Puerto Rico has been found alive after drifting two days and two nights in the ocean 10 miles from shore! Roberto Reyes is a friend and the patriarch of the PR dive community and he has sent me this message just minutes ago... In Roberto’s words: “3 guys went fishing, shallow dives, 8 miles out, in a island in the south of Puerto Rico, part of the island is now a natural reserve, they were on a side you can spearfish. They went late, just to make a few dives and take some fish to eat, one of the guys got hit in the nose by his speargun butt, and went to his float, lot of blood made him sick, and unable to swim for a while, when he realiced he was getting far, he tried to swim back, mask was lost, and strong currents and blood did not allow him to made the “short swim”, by the time he was feeling better to swim, it was too late, he was out of sight and into deep blue waters, he spend to nights offshore, everytime he fell seep, waves and sea water inside his mouth would wake him up,he had been praying at first, then fighting with God, telling him, ” you can split the red sea, please give me a chance to swim to shore,”, when he was ready to let go, he remembered saying, ” Ok, I will accept your will”, last thing he remember was Coast Guard chopper on top of him, rescue diver suiting up to jump to him, They called a boat and he was taken to shore by the Marine Police, miles from shore, and 15+ miles from were the current took him, he is fine in emergency room at hospital, were he was still shivering strongly due to hypothermia, alive and all the loved ones very happy. We are xtremely happy with the US Coast Guard, they never gave up, not even at night, FURA (marine Police in PR) also was of great help, may guys went on their own boats looking for him, 3 days in the water, 2 full nights, a mirale he is alive. Roberto” Thanks for the report Roberto and to all you divers out there remember this is why you dive with buddies and take care of each other. That the Coast Guard and his friends never gave up hope is huge and I hope that we all will do the same if the day ever came."

Crazy story...I can't imagine floating in the caribbean for two days with blood pouring in the water

7/21/2011 6:35:18 PM

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"NEW YORK - A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. ADVERTISEMENT Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges. The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money. Prosecutors said the bank — which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank — confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company. The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with""

7/21/2011 6:37:40 PM