According to Louis Jordan, he survived 66 days at sea by praying, catching fishes and capturing rainwater in buckets. On Friday, Jordon was discharged from a Norfolk hospital.

He was rescued out of Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles off North Carolina coast by a German-flagged container ship. The mast of his sailboat had broken off in bad weather and the vessel seemed to have flipped several times, Thomas Grenz, the ship's captain informed. At the time he was found, the boat was upright, Grenz added.

Jordan had been living in Conway, South Carolina in his 1950s era boat until January. He informed his family that he was going in open water, his mother Norma Davis said. According to a report, Jordan said that he was going north when he was stuck in the bad weather.

A wave crashed in the window and the boat started to fill with water, he added. According to McCollum, a member of Coast Guard Helicopter rescue crew, Jordan got away only with bruises on his right clavicle when he was found. The injury did not appear to be serious.

Frank Jordan, Louis's father, notified the coast guard in Miami that he had not heard from his son in a week, on 29th January. The search began on 8th February. However, it was abandoned after 10 days. Some sailors reported seeing Jordan's boat. However, nothing had been confirmed.

Grenz also informed that he made a copy of Jordon's passport which described him as weighing 290 pounds. However, Jordon probably weighed only 200 pounds when he was rescued.