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Joe Ditomasso, 76, and Kevin Hyde, 65, were headed from New Jesery to the Florida Keys, but then a massive storm accosted them.
When Joe Ditomasso, 76, and Kevin Hyde, 65, boarded their 30-foot sailboat in Cape May, New Jersey, and headed for the Florida Keys, the two friends were looking forward to an adventure.
As things would turn out, what began as a joyful sailing trip begun on Thanksgiving weekend unexpectedly became a living nightmare.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and their small boat was buffeted by a massive storm. High winds and giant waves rocked the boat, snapping its mast. The two men and their canine companion, Minnie, were lost at sea, with very little food and water, no fuel and no power to operate radios and navigation equipment.
What kept Ditomasso going? “My granddaughter. And the cross of Jesus.”
That they survived and were rescued 10 days later is being called a “miracle.” For Ditomasso, it was an answer to the prayers he said every morning.
Ditomasso told ABC7: “Every morning I’d wake up and kiss [the cross] and say the Our Father. And if nobody does not believe there’s a Lord, they have a problem,” he said.
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When Joe Ditomasso, 76, and Kevin Hyde, 65, boarded their 30-foot sailboat in Cape May, New Jersey, and headed for the Florida Keys, the two friends were looking forward to an adventure.
As things would turn out, what began as a joyful sailing trip begun on Thanksgiving weekend unexpectedly became a living nightmare.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and their small boat was buffeted by a massive storm. High winds and giant waves rocked the boat, snapping its mast. The two men and their canine companion, Minnie, were lost at sea, with very little food and water, no fuel and no power to operate radios and navigation equipment.
What kept Ditomasso going? “My granddaughter. And the cross of Jesus.”
That they survived and were rescued 10 days later is being called a “miracle.” For Ditomasso, it was an answer to the prayers he said every morning.
Ditomasso told ABC7: “Every morning I’d wake up and kiss [the cross] and say the Our Father. And if nobody does not believe there’s a Lord, they have a problem,” he said.
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Miracle Rescue: Lost at Sea for 10 Days, Man Prayed the Our Father Each Morning
Joe Ditomasso, 76, and Kevin Hyde, 65, were headed from New Jesery to the Florida Keys, but then a massive storm accosted them.
