Be very careful if you go sailing or fishing this summer, because although the weather forecasts seem to be very favorable, those same high temperatures can cause unexpected storms.
That happened to several fishermen who went out to Padre Island for that purpose, and one had his closest experience with death.
Captain Rudy Castro’s anguish over what happened is so great that, even with his experience, he began to doubt everything now.
He was fighting for his life Thursday 30 miles from South Padre Island.
“I’m a little bit nervous, even going back in the water after what happened,” Castro said. “When we saw that it was a bit cloudy and we thought, it’s perfect to go fishing, but the weather changed.”
Castro claims that even though they saw the storm building, they decided to go ahead and go fishing.
“I thought it was a little storm that would pass.”
But the storm clearly did not pass, and they were all trapped there.
“I told everyone to put on the life jacket as quickly as possible,” according to Castro. “I couldn’t see anything, and the waves were hitting me in the face. My eyes filled with salt water and I couldn’t breathe because the water was going into my mouth and I just saw that everyone was hiding.”
Captain Castro affirms that, together with his team, he was fighting with waves of more than 10 feet, and a very strong wind for at least 45 minutes to reach the island again.
“The only thing that was going through my mind was my children, my children,” Castro said.
Initially, the crew had no service to call for help, but later managed to get a signal to call the coast guard.
Finally, Captain Castro and his crew arrived safely on the island, and did not have to be rescued, but this experience undoubtedly left him a great lesson to learn.
2023-06-11 01:09:26
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