Translation for the Spanish challenged:
La Ceiba,
Honduras
A fishing day ended up in a struggle for survival for diver Luis Andres Sanchez, age 35. He swam for more than 10 hours in a raging sea until he got to the shores of the Roma village near La Ceiba.
The diver said that this past Tuesday he left at 6am from El Provenir village with his dive buddy, Oscar Antonio Molina. Both of them boarded a boat (launch) property of the fishing company, Darvi Delina. They took their scuba gear with intent to fish for some lobster.
The boat driver, identified as "El Chele" [the blond one or blonde], took them close to Utila. It was a beautiful sunny day with calm seas when the divers descended. While the boat driver waited for them at surface, a strong storm suddenly hit them. The boat driver took off, scared about what the storm could do to the boat and abandoned the divers to their own luck.
When the divers returned to surface to unload their catch, they found there was no boat. They were abandoned in the midst of the sea and under an intense storm.
We were in the open ocean, the winds were strong and the swells were terrible, just like the storm. My buddy and I decided to swim to a shore. He said he was going to head to Cayos Cochinos and I just went for Sambo Creek.", said the survivor. Luis said he swam for 10 hours without finding anybody that would help him. He could see lights in the distance, and he was making every effort to get to shore. Sometimes I felt tired because of the impacts of the waves." During his trek he did not encounter any marine life that could harm him, such as sharks [love the enlightenment of the press].
On Wednesday at around 4am he got to a beach near a hotel. He rested on the beach for an hour and continued on his way on foot until he arrived to the garifuna village of Sambo Creek, where he was helped by his brothers. "I walked for an hour and a half until I came to my family. They had no idea what I had just gone through.", he said.
Luis Andres was born in Nueva Armenia village. He's been a diver for 8 years. "Nothing like this had ever happened to me before," said the diver with a smile in his face. The boat owner, Filiberto Arias, arrived at the Village and explained that Oscar Molina, the other diver, was rescued yesterday afternoon (evening?) near Lislis village.
"'El Chele' [blonde], because of his lack of experience returned to El Porvenir [when he fled from the storm]. When he went back for the divers he couldn't find them even though the divers saw him. He was unable to see them", said Arias.
