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Mike Corey (Host)

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576 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He hits the water hard and goes under.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

After a few seconds, his survival suit's buoyant collar pops him back to the surface.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He looks around for the helicopter and then for Gigi Mork, but there's no sign of them.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He's completely alone.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

Mike DiCapua floats on his back, feeling the blowing sleet and sea spray sting his face.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He's so cold, and it's so dark out here, alone in the middle of the ocean.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

The EPIRB is long gone, having drifted away after Bob Doyle cut the rope tying them all together.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

The last of the flares dropped by the Coast Guard have almost burned out.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He's still wearing his survival suit, but that's been slowly taking on 40-degree seawater.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

His hands and legs have gone completely numb from the cold.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He hears the helicopter coming back, but can't see it.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

And he can't imagine them spotting him, not in all this darkness.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

So he decides that this is probably the end for him.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

This is how he dies.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

Frozen to death.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

A human popsicle in an orange rubber suit.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

Bobbing in the waves.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

He wonders if this is how Dave Hanlon felt right before he drifted away and disappeared.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

Poor Hanlon.

Against The Odds
Coast Guard Rescue on Alaska's High Seas | Hanging On | 3

The guy was so seasick that he never really stood a chance after they abandoned ship.