Rescue from the Sea
“He is able also to save them to the uttermost” (Hebrews 7:25).
The flight from Nassau to Miami usually took Walter Wyatt 65 minutes. But on December 5, 1986, he attempted it with only a compass and a hand-held radio. When his compass began to gyrate, he flew below the clouds hoping to spot something, but knew he was lost. He radioed a Mayday call, which brought a Coast Guard search plane. But then his right engine died, and the plane crashed in the water. Wyatt survived, but his plane sank, leaving him with a leaky life vest. With blood on his forehead, he floated on his back. Suddenly he felt a hard bump. A shark had found him. Wyatt kicked the intruder, and stayed afloat for ten hours. In the morning, he saw a dorsal fin was headed for him. In a moment, two more sharks sliced through the water. He kicked the sharks, and they veered away, but he was nearing exhaustion. Then he heard the sound of an aircraft and waved his orange vest. The pilot radioed a nearby boat. As the boat pulled alongside him Wyatt climbed wearily onto the ship. Nothing less than outside intervention could have rescued him from sure death. How much we are like Walter Wyatt!
