[ConservativeStatement]

He is fortunate but seemingly had the willpower to survive.

[taxcontrol]

Some serious toughness there.

[BigCinBigD]

Dolphins can swim...Duh!

[Veggie Todd]

Konrad's boat was on autopilot to go to the Bahamas and he could not catch up with it, so he started swimming toward land.

No dead-man's switch?

[HerrBlucher]

That is one major “oh sh#t” moment, watching that boat motor away from you and knowing you are miles from shore in the cold Atlantic. Tough dude, both physically and mentally.

[Lazamataz]

Bullcrap. He probably was in his tub smoking meth.

[Cvengr]

Had he swam another mile, he could qualify as a candidate for Force Recon.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Natalie Wood could not be reached for comment...

[stevem]

In my younger, more vital days I swam a mile just to see if I could. I had a guy in a boat with a trolling motor following me, just in case.

It says right here that mile was enough.

[bigbob]

I see a Fruit-of-the-Loom endorsement deal in the making

[BenLurkin]

That is a long way to swim!

[catfish1957]

According to NOAA, the water temperature there is running 70-71. Good thing, it wasn’t much colder.

[windsorknot]

Rob “Flipper” Konrad

[Usagi_yo]

I doubt the story. How did he know which way to swim?

[GreenLanternCorps]

Why didn’t he have a safety harness? I was watching a documentary on Netflix called “Maidentrip” about 15 year old Laura Dekker sailing around the world alone. Everytime she was on deck she had a safety harness to keep her from getting separated from the boat.