Michael J. Tougias

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206 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 2 Jul

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Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci · "They Should've Been Dead": How 3 Men Survived 28 Hours Surrounded by Sharks - Michael J. Tougias · 2 Jul 2026 podcast

Almost all of them say, yes, that's exactly what we did.

You know, I remember one survivor in fatal forecast.

He had this brilliant line.

He goes, when I asked him, did you know, did you have that positive feeling you were going to make it?

He goes, no, I actually thought I was not going to make it.

but I was determined to go down fighting.

So I took the approach, I'm going to fight for another hour, and then I'll decide, do I want to fight for an additional hour?

And pretty soon he's stringing hours together in Fatal Forecast.

And almost to a survivor, they say some variation of that theme, break it down into attainable goals, try to influence your surroundings or your situation, even in the smallest of ways so you feel productive.

And it's a great lesson for all of us when we're faced with a challenge.

Professionalism that they were determined, even though the odds when they launched were only, you know, 1% that they'd find these guys alive and find them at all, frankly.

But their professionalism was we are going to give this

our best shot, and you had these two experienced pilots.

To me, I'm always amazed that, I say experienced, but they're young, you know, but such responsibility on their shoulders.

And, you know, even with the rescue swimmer, he knows he's going in to a bunch of sharks that are surrounding him.

These survivors never hesitates, does what they call a direct deployment, where he doesn't even be brought down on the hook slowly.

He leaps from the helicopter because he knows that these guys have been in the water 28 hours.

So the professionalism is what really stands out for me and that, you know, yeah, it may only be 1%, but we're going to give it 100% and take this until we find them.

They have that mindset.

There was a fluky thing about that helicopter crew where the night before, from the very same port, three men crash into a jetty and they've got to airlift them out.

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