S.C. teens credit higher power for rescue
I thought that was an interesting choice of words and wondered what the teens actually said, so I read the article. They didn't credit a "higher power." They credited GOD. But the AP can't put that into a headline, can they?
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The day that Josh Long and Troy Driscoll were rescued after nearly a week adrift at sea dawned with a perfect sunrise, a rainbow and dolphins capering around their tiny sailboat.
"It was amazing. (Saturday) morning something felt different, a lot different," the 17-year-old Long said from his hospital bed on Monday. "I can honestly say I never gave up hope. God had us in his hands the whole time."
After surviving on their faith, raw jellyfish and seawater for almost a week, the two saw a fishing boat on the horizon late Saturday. They were rescued off the North Carolina coast, more than 100 miles from where they set out off South Carolina to fish.
"I asked God, 'If it's your will that we not live, take us home,'" said Driscoll, 15. "'If not, send us a boat.'"
The AP can't even claim to have been saving space by putting "higher power" instead of "God."
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