Miracle at Mana?

**Lou Girardin** · 9th February 2006, 07:20

Is Bob Hewitt the luckiest man around (next to the Big Wednesday winner that is).
3 Days floating in a wet suit and buoyancy vest and he survived more or less unharmed.
It wasn't made clear if he was injured in some way though. Reports said he was found 300 metres off Mana Island, I wonder why he couldn't make it to shore?

**marty** · 9th February 2006, 07:26

obviously a very hard man. i'm still waiting though for the 'why didn't you just swim to shore?' question to be asked - mana island is not that far from the mainland.

**Fishy** · 9th February 2006, 07:28

Very lucky man alright!. Heard on the radio this morning that he was just bobbing around in the sea drifting around with the current until he found land.

**Cookie** · 9th February 2006, 07:33

Blooooody nice to have some good leading news stories at the moment!!!

I have had enough of the focus on all the worst things in the world.

I don't care whose brother it its, it's just great. If I were a spud, I'd dance like this :spudbooge

**MisterD** · 9th February 2006, 07:49

Originally Posted by ApplicatioNZ

I don't care whose brother it its, it's just great.

Great news for Norm, eh. Still being descibed as "Ex-All Black" rather than "Celebrity Dance Comp Winner". He seemed to be quite happy about his bro being found too.

**Hitcher** · 9th February 2006, 08:30

I don't like kina. I would have died.

**sAsLEX** · 9th February 2006, 08:50

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I don't like kina. I would have died.

oh he had cray fish as well

**Swoop** · 9th February 2006, 08:57

Being a Navy bubblehead, he was obviously not smart enough to simply die, and was waiting for the appropriate order to be given. SAH-YES-SAH!!!
PT people, PT.

**ManDownUnder** · 9th February 2006, 08:59

Good news story for a change... and it's REALLY good news at that.

I don't care if the guy is famous, related to someone famous or just a "no-one". That's awesome!

And yeah, Kina would have been a challenge for me, but the crays'd be alright. I'll be interested to hear why he didn't/counldn't swim ashore to Mana Island.

I'd have thought swimming ashore and lighting a fire of making some message in the sand would be the go...? That being said - he was survival trained in the forces (if memory serves) so I expect there is a good reason

**Dadpole** · 9th February 2006, 09:12

After that much time in the water (and having to eat poxy kina) I doubt if he had the strength to do anything but float.
Great to get one back alive though.

**Lou Girardin** · 9th February 2006, 10:43

If I was starving, I'd eat the arse out of a flying duck.

**Dadpole** · 9th February 2006, 10:50

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

If I was starving, I'd eat the arse out of a flying duck.

Down south, they do that for fun

**Motu** · 9th February 2006, 11:19

If he was as well trained as we think he is,he may have been waiting for a tide shift so he could get to the island expending the least energy as possible.

I'd be worried about looking like a big fat juicy black seal....