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Robert Dex

Australian sailor who was adrift three months in Pacific with dog ‘grateful’ to be alive

An Australian sailor rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months has revealed he did not think he would “make it”.

Timothy Shaddock, 54, revealed details of his incredible survival after he and Bella disembarked in the Mexican port city of Manzanillo from the fishing boat that rescued them.

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