Beerball Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Riling up Mother Nature just to pick on former fish? ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Csonka was among six people plucked by helicopter from a stranded boat during a harrowing rescue in the Bering Sea, a newspaper reported Sunday. Csonka, his partner, and a film crew from his television show were not injured, but the boat was abandoned at sea, the Anchorage Daily News reported in Sunday editions. Csonka was part of a group returning from filming a hunting trip on an isolated island about 100 miles west of Unalaska on Wednesday when their 28-foot boat encountered bad weather. The newspaper reported that 9-foot seas and gale force winds made it difficult to navigate the vessel, which then drifted away from the Aleut village of Nikolski. After hours of worsening conditions, the Coast Guard was called to help shortly after midnight Wednesday. A Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched from Kodiak, 600 miles away; it arrived around 10:45 a.m. Thursday and hoisted those on the battered boat one-by-one in a basket. "We might very well have died if we stayed out there. It was tense," the 58-year-old Csonka told the newspaper Saturday in a phone interview from a hotel in Unalaska. "It was 10 or 12 hours of moment-to-moment with sea sickness and not being able to drink water because it was so rough, and hanging onto each other," he said. Csonka, his partner Audrey Bradshaw, film crew members John Dietrich and Rich Larson, and Thomas McCay, the guide for the hunt, were taping the event for the show "North to Alaska" when the weather worsened. Also on board the distressed boat was captain Dwight Johnson. The former fullback for the Miami Dolphins, Csonka runs Zonk! Productions, which films episodes for his outdoor sports TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Shhh. I've been in hiding for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 What were they hunting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Old news, don't you look before you post? http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=30144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Old news, don't you look before you post? http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=30144 437857[/snapback] Well, thank you Ranger Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Shhh. I've been in hiding for a reason. 437830[/snapback] You should - other taxpayer's $$$ solving poor personal choices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 You should - other taxpayer's $$$ solving poor personal choices... 437864[/snapback] He's running about six different red cross websites. I hear he wants a new TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Old news, don't you look before you post? http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=30144 437857[/snapback] No, but I look both ways before I cross the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Old news, don't you look before you post? http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=30144 437857[/snapback] So what were they hunting Ranger Rick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 So what were they hunting Ranger Rick? 437870[/snapback] Baby seals. Like any good SU grad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Baby seals. Like any good SU grad. 437874[/snapback] With clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 With clubs? 437887[/snapback] Really awesome with surround sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 With clubs? 437887[/snapback] The proper word I belive is gaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 The proper word I belive is gaffe. 437901[/snapback] They clubbed baby seals with silly mistakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 They clubbed baby seals with silly mistakes? 437916[/snapback] Sorry no E. It is a gaff. http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bryanbaskin/clubbing.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 They clubbed baby seals with silly mistakes? 437916[/snapback] It has been a very effective tactic at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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