Former Miami Dolphins FB Rob Konrad fell out of his fishing boat and had to swim 9 miles for 9 hours back to shore for safety.
Former Miami Dolphins player Rob Konrad was looking to enjoy a day of fishing, but those plans went awry when he fell out of his boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Konrad was nine miles off of the shore of Palm Beach when he fell out and his only choice for survival was to swim back to shore, according to Miami WPLG. His boat was on auto-pilot and was last seen by the US Coast Guard heading out toward the Bahamas. There was no chance for him to get back onto the boat, so his only chance for survival was to swim back to shore toward Palm Beach… 9 miles away.
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Nine miles and nine hours later, he ended up near some home in Palm Beach. He was immediately taken to the hospital to be treated fro hypothermia. Could you imagine how his skin would have looked like after 9 hours in the water? I sit in the bath tub for 30 minutes and my fingers start to get all wrinkled up. His whole body must have been all wrinkled up and he must have been dehydrated. What an unbelievable survival story for Konrad.
The report says that Konrad didn’t get to shore until after 4am. Not only did Konrad fall out of his boat while he was fishing nine miles out of the ocean, but he fell out in the middle of the night. He was swimming for 9 miles in 9 hours in the dark. That probably would have been the end of me. I don’t think I would have survived.
Konrad was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 1999 draft out of Syracuse. He is 38 years old now and finished his career with 854 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns.
Is it ironic that he is a former Dolphin and he had to swim for 9 miles to his safety? A little ironic, but we shouldn’t joke about the situation too much.
We are glad that he is back on land and is getting treated. We would love to hear his story of survival. I am sure that someone could create a little tv show on what he had gone through during his little swim.
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