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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Man stranded at sea for 24 hours rescued after using watch to reflect sun in New Zealand

A fisherman who was stranded at sea for nearly 24 hours in New Zealand managed to attract the attention of rescuers by using his watch to reflect the sun.

Police said it was an "absolute miracle" the unnamed man survived after falling overboard from his 40-foot boat while on a solo fishing trip on Tuesday near the Alderman Islands, off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island.

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