Man clinging to plastic bottle rescued in southern Japan sea

Saturday 15th August, 06:43 AM JST

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bcbrownboy at 07:20 AM JST - 15th August

Sometimes we get lucky.
Farmboy at 08:22 AM JST - 15th August

Glad he's okay. Whatever company made the product that was in the bottle should use this in the next advertisement.
JeffLee at 08:26 AM JST - 15th August

Was the bottle a piece of the regular flotsam that surrounds this polluted archipeligo? If so, this story should serve as a parable for environmental conservation.
Farmboy at 08:42 AM JST - 15th August

Was the bottle a piece of the regular flotsam that surrounds this polluted archipeligo? If so, this story should serve as a parable for environmental conservation.

It would seem to be more a parable for environmental waste. The "flotsam," if that's what it was, saved his life.
noborito at 09:11 AM JST - 15th August

no safty ropes on the boat? was he drunk? more details on how someone could fall overboard on a tanker and no one see anything.
Badsey at 10:09 AM JST - 15th August

He should thank Al Gore for inventing "trash", every 2L bottle I get is going into the sea now -it could save a hapless ones life and they last damn near forever (one bottle could save many hapless))
bobbafett at 10:41 AM JST - 15th August

I think that the bottle was an empty, plastic shouchu bottle. It explains the fall from the back of the boat and the proximity of it to the man.
smithinjapan at 01:18 PM JST - 15th August

Who cares HOW the guy fell over -- it was obviously stupid, whatever the reason -- but he stayed alive, and that's all that matters. Lucky boy, I'd say. Very lucky. I'd be keeping that 2L bottle for the rest of my days. Throw coins into it or something.
scoobydoo at 01:27 PM JST - 15th August

no safty ropes on the boat? was he drunk? more details on how someone could fall overboard on a tanker and no one see anything.

Easy, its a ship and going to sea is dangerous.

it was obviously stupid, whatever the reason

Unless the "What ever the reason" as actually a reasonable reason.
sharky1 at 10:37 PM JST - 15th August

Let's see...good weather, man overboard, ship doesn't notice, something doesn't fit in this story. Even in stormy seas, a person going overboard is a rare case.
cwhite at 02:22 AM JST - 16th August

assuming plastic bottles don't degrade very fast and fish don't end up eating them then they shouldn't be the main cause for pollution of the sea. Much more the oil spills and liquid agents that are poured into the ocean that cause actual problems...
bushlover at 02:11 PM JST - 16th August

The person who threw that plastic bottle into the ocean should get a medal.
bokudayo at 11:23 PM JST - 16th August

I guess the moral of the story is if you see someone floating in the ocean, you should toss them a plastic bottle. ;)
helloklitty at 10:09 PM JST - 18th August

My son practiced floating in the pool with a 2-liter plastic pet bottle in elementary school.