Despite the mad chaos of the sinking, exploding ship, Lim was still able to grab a life jacket, which was vital, as he had never learnt to swim well. He floated in the ocean for what he estimated to be around two hours until he spotted one of the ship’s life rafts. It was a wooden raft about two and a half meters square, partially covered by a canvas roof. He used the canvas from the roof and his life jacket to make a container to catch rainwater.
By day 60, he was aware that he was losing physical strength so he began to swim around the life raft twice a day. This routine continued until a particularly bad storm nearly destroyed his life raft. Lim went on to live to the age of 72, and even now, 133 days remains the longest time for one person to survive being lost at sea in a life raft.
Despite the mad chaos of the sinking, exploding ship,
Lim
was
still
able to grab a
life
jacket, which was vital, as he had never
learnt
to swim well. He floated in the ocean for what he estimated to be around two hours until he spotted one of the ship’s
life
rafts
. It was a wooden
raft
about two and a half meters square,
partially
covered by a canvas roof. He
used
the canvas from the roof and his
life
jacket to
make
a container to catch rainwater.
By day 60, he was aware that he was losing physical strength
so
he began to swim around the
life
raft
twice a day. This routine continued until a
particularly
bad
storm
nearly
destroyed
his
life
raft
.
Lim
went on to
live
to the age of 72, and even
now
, 133 days remains the longest time for one person to survive
being lost
at sea in a
life
raft
.