Fisherman Rescued After 17 Hours Adrift Off São Francisco do Sul as Father’s Body Is Recovered

Overview

• A 35-year-old was found clinging to a refrigerator door near Ilhas Tamboretes by helicopter Águia 01 using a device known as a puça.
• Rescuers located him about 4 km from shore, and he was taken conscious to Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças with a stable condition.
• His father, identified as Valmoci Vicente Bento, 58, was found dead roughly 9 km from the coast and about 350 meters from the sunken vessel.
• Video recorded by rescue teams shows the overturned boat and the survivor holding onto the refrigerator door.
• Father and son had gone shrimp fishing, and investigators from the military police and firefighters have not confirmed a cause.