Man Found Surrounded By Dolphins After 12 Hours At Sea

The rescue team spotted the man after noticing dolphins encircling him. He had gone viral in a 2015 video for his thick Irish accent.

The “Frostbit boy” from a 2015 viral video was rescued after being stranded for 12 hours in the icy waters of Tralee Bay, Ireland, on Sunday. Ruairí McSorley, 24, was stranded two and a half miles from the shore of County Kerry and was rescued by Fenit RNLI volunteers at around 8.30 pm. The rescuers spotted Mr McSorley in the waning light when they saw a pod of dolphins encircling him. On Sunday, the rescue team found him wearing only a pair of swimming trunks and he was “hypothermic”, stated a report in The Irish News. However, he was still conscious, which was incredible to his rescuers. According to another report in The Daily Mail, Mr McSorley had planned to swim more than 5 miles from the coast of Castlegregory beach to Mucklaghmore Rock. But he was unprepared for the task. An Irish coastguard reportedly discovered the swimmer's clothes on the beach and requested a rescue mission as early as 11 am on Sunday. Fenit RNLI volunteers halted their search operation in the afternoon but resumed at 6 pm. Lifeboats and helicopters were used to search the man.