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PASSAGE NO.3
An extraordinary display of courage and stamina, a Florida man swam 25 miles over 38 hours to reach land
while towing two people and helping two more, after their light plane crashed off the Bahamas.
Mr. Dan Tuckfield, 35, recovering in hospital in Miami wept yesterday as he described how, despite his efforts,
two died after more than 12 hours in the water. All five aboard survived when their twin-engined, Piper Seneca, ditched
into the ocean off Bimini. Before it sank, Mr. Tuckfield managed to retrieve his wetsuit, flippers and a facemask.
The pilot, Brad Youngberg, 48, and passenger Delabo Hicks 58, survived, while Mr. Ira Bloom 54 and his wife,
Dorothy, died.
Mrs. Bloom was unable to swim, so Mr. Tuckfield carried her on his back while Mr. Bloom wearing a life
jacket was attached to his wetsuit with a strap. Mr. Tuckfield even tried to save their dog, a spaniel, by tucking it
under his arm. The party stayed near the reakcage for about four hours, but after several planes had flown overhead
without responding to their emergency lights, they decided to swim towards Bimini, where they could see lights.
"But the current was too strong and dragged us south, so we changed course for Cat Cay (on the Florida Coast),
said Mr. Tuckfield.
Shouting encouragement to his two fellow survivors, Mr. Tuckfield swam all night.
Speaking through parched lips he said, “The Blooms had both swallowed a lot of salt water and Ira became
irrational and took off his vest. He let himself go under even though dragged him back up and tried to resuscitate him."
I could see huge tiger sharks circling closer and closer and let Ira's body go.
The Blooms were friends and he had gone to the Bahamas from his home in Fort Lauderdale to help them
repair their boat. After Mr. Bloom died, he struggled on with a weakening Mrs. Bloom on his back.
But by noon she became delirious, then she turned white and pale and she never came to. After that the dog
started to panic and, weeping again, Mr. Tuckfield said he had to drown it.
For a while he tried to continue with Mrs. Bloom's body still on his back. But he felt himself tiring and set it
free. He called to his two remaining companions to say that he planned to get ashore as quickly as he could and they
should continue swimming until he could alert rescuers.​

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free. He called to his two remaining companions to say that he planned to get ashore as quickly as he could and they

should continue swimming until he could alert rescuers.

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