Authorities located the boat of a fisherman that was rescued after falling into the Santa Barbara Channel and swam five hours to safety.
Lost at sea, with no land in sight, a Southern California boater who fell into the ocean thought he was going to die, until a nudge from a harbor seal gave him renewed hope.
Thompson attributes a harbor seal near him with a divine intervention that inspired him to swim to safety. "It was a medium-sized harbor seal," Thompson said."The seal would go underwater and he came up and nudged me. Like a dog comes up and nudges your leg." Thompson swam to an oil platform, with the help of the harbor seal, which he says kept nudging him along.
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