Greek vacationers rescue Syrian man after 13 hours lost at sea

September 04, 2015 20:20

Sandra Tsiligeridu was cruising back to the Greek holiday island of Kos with family and friends last Thursday when she spotted something out of place in the sea up ahead.

A pair of hands appeared to be waving at her from the deep-blue waters of the Aegean Sea.

Maybe it was a diver; maybe it was someone else. Tsiligeridu's husband Dimitris eased up on the controls of their twin engine motor boat and veered left in order to avoid him.

But as they got closer, Tsiligeridu realized something terrible was happening, and she screamed at Dimitris to turn around.

What she saw next would stay with her forever.

There, bobbing up and down in the choppy waters, was a half-conscious man clinging desperately to a lifejacket.

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