*****Schuyler's body temperature was 89 degrees when he was pulled from the water, which indicates "moderate hypothermia," Rumbak said. However, he was put into warming gear, and by the time he arrived at the hospital his temperature was a nearly normal 95 or 96 degrees, he said.
"He was in the water for about 46-47 hours," said Dr. Mark Rumbak, a pulmonary/critical care specialist at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida.
Something is not right.
But two to four hours after the boat capsized, one of the NFL players removed his life jacket and let himself be swept out to sea, the St. Petersburg Times reported. A few hours later, the other one followed suit.
It is a tragic story, but one that just does not appear believable. I can imagine that if you are lost at sea, and the odds appear against you, there may come a point where you simply give up and accept the inevitable . . . but not after "two to four hours," especially when you are in the company of three others. In fact, it is that company that I would think raises your chances of survival. And Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith were professional athletes in their late 20's, yet they just "gave up," according to the lone survivor.
Interestingly enough, that one surivor was said to have survived because of that very condition.
Rumbak attributed the fitness instructor's survival for 46 hours in 60-degree waters to the good shape he's in physically, his mental stamina, his experience playing college football — and luck.
As were the others. Something is bothering me with this story.
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Hypothermia will drive you mad. During WWII it was not uncommon for sailors to get out of the liferaft and to try to swim for land that wasn't there except in their minds. Delirium is a terrible thing.
Agreed, Dymphna, except that the survivor was not delerious after any more hours in the water.
The survivor may have been delerious and thought that the other three were with him when, in reality, they were gone all along.
I don't know either. It doesn't make sense.
TDH....my unspoken thoughts almost exactly.....something odd.
How did he spent nearly two solid days in the water and only end up with "moderate" hypothermia? Especially if the other two gave up (presumably from hypothermia-induced madness) after "two to four hours"?
I don't suppose we'll ever know for sure (absent some evidence of foul play in the boat), but Digi's right that it's strange.
At the same time, I can't see someone choosing a murder method that is so likely to end in their own death as well, so if there WAS any foul play, I can't see it having been premeditated. If anything, maybe they fought to be able to perch on the hull of the boat, and something bad happened to the others in the process.
Any way it goes, it's a very sad story.
It is a tragic story. BUT...I refuse to speculate. Too many times the media & others have ruined somebody's life by doing just this. Truthfully, the authorities and God will take care of it.
Truthfully, the authorities and God will take care of it.
True...primarily the latter.
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