Fishing Trip Nightmare: Dragged Under in the Coral Sea

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Maike Hohnen is an experienced seaman. His 7-year-old son, Julian, loves getting out on the waves just as much as he does. Joined by a friend, Stephen, they fish the sparkling waters off Australia’s Sunshine Coast. They have no idea that, mere feet beneath them, disaster is brewing. Soon Maike will find himself adrift - in the middle of the ocean, in the middle of the night - with his little boy clinging on to him for dear life… A Noiser production, written by Jane Deith. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.0	It's 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 9th, 2019. In the coral sea, nine miles off the coast of Queensland Australia, a small fishing boat bobs peacefully on the waves.
0:36.3	The air is warm and still. The softly rolling water shimmers, reflecting the sparkling night sky above. In the open air cabin beneath
0:46.8	the vessel's soft plastic canopy, 39-year-old Micahon and his seven-year-old son Julian
0:53.2	lie snuggled up next to each other in their sleeping bags.
0:57.4	Micah's friend and crewmate Stephen Jacock is dozing on top of the
1:01.5	cool box housed at the back of the boat.
1:04.7	After a long day's fishing, all three are sound asleep.
1:09.6	That is, until Micah is rudely awoken by cold shock.
1:16.0	I woke up with my feet wet and because I was on the floor in my sleeping bag I knew instantly there is something wrong because otherwise why would my feet be wet?
1:30.0	I never ever had water in the boat.
1:35.0	Myka sits bolt upright and starts kicking his way out of his wet sleeping back.
1:40.0	Suddenly aware that the boat is filling with water, he yells at Stephen to wake up.
1:46.0	Young Julian's eyes open too, bleary and confused, unsure what all the commotion is about.
1:52.0	In the dark, Micah scrambled. unsure what all the commotion is about.
1:56.0	In the dark, Micah scrambles at the boat's controls. He needs to start the pumps and get the motor going.
1:59.0	Maybe he can spin the boat around,
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