WELLINGTON - Knocked overboard in rough seas off New Zealand, a German yachtsman credited his jeans with saving his life after fashioning them into a make-shift life jacket that kept him afloat for over three hours before his rescue by coastguards.
He made knots at the end of the legs and pulled them over water to get air inside and then forced them under to trap the air and create an improvised life vest. "It was fortunate the yacht had both a VHF radio and emergency beacons to raise the alert," Rescue Coordination Center NZ Senior Search and Rescue Coordinator Chris Henshaw said in a statement on the agency's website after the incident.
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