The BBC reports that a Dutch fishing vessel has rescued a British kayaker found clinging to a buoy in the Channel after his kayak capsized. He is reported to have been holding onto the buoy for several days.
The captain, Teunis de Boer, said he had by chance seen the kayaker waving frantically as his boat Madeleine sailed past.
“He was clearly in distress,” the captain told Dutch media.
After the man was given water and a chocolate bar, he was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Boulogne by French authorities.