The Man Who Survived 76 Days At Sea Recalls His 2 Month Battle | Fight To Survive S2 EP9 | Wonder

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  • On this week's Fight To Survive, in what is regarded as one of greatest survival stories sailor Steven Callahan finds himself alone and adrift in a life raft after his boat, the Napoleon Solo, sinks in the mid-Atlantic. Now a little older and wiser, he's back in the studio with us to reflect on his fight for survival and his life since the incident.
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  • @JoesCaribbeanVanLife
    @JoesCaribbeanVanLife 4 роки тому +290

    Hey people it's another program about the same person another show did. His story is worth telling more than once. Deal with it.

    • @TheProfessorNM
      @TheProfessorNM 4 роки тому +9

      I rewatch that episode all the time so this is nice 👍🏽

    • @jehan8860
      @jehan8860 4 роки тому +9

      @@TheProfessorNM, I loved that actor. He made that episode so entertaining.

    • @TheConorsmithusa
      @TheConorsmithusa 4 роки тому +13

      Saying deal with it sound so rude

    • @JoesCaribbeanVanLife
      @JoesCaribbeanVanLife 4 роки тому +3

      @@TheConorsmithusa don't tempt me.

    • @isaacl1439
      @isaacl1439 4 роки тому

      It’s not called program it’s called another youtube channel but yes you’re correct

  • @joexter_5462
    @joexter_5462 Рік тому +52

    Can't believe the cameraman just sat around and filmed him and made him do all the work

  • @sheenarehema27
    @sheenarehema27 4 роки тому +72

    this guy was by far the smartest ones out of them all, gonna watch his one again it was incredible

    • @Goodday639
      @Goodday639 4 роки тому +2

      theres an older one thats like 46 min btw

  • @adduuahmed6153
    @adduuahmed6153 4 роки тому +70

    This is guy is legend , I really enjoyed his story, it is one of these stories that you will never forget , hopefully one day I meet this guy ^_^

  • @henrywebster20
    @henrywebster20 2 роки тому +142

    Someone needs to give that raft company a 5 star rating

    • @peterstoddard6225
      @peterstoddard6225 2 роки тому +6

      Steve loved the raft for obvious reasons. Yet after his experience he designed rafts that were far superior.

    • @Mrz-sb1hw
      @Mrz-sb1hw Рік тому +4

      I'm not going in a bath again, it's too dangerous.

  • @aurteekay6339
    @aurteekay6339 4 роки тому +32

    If I was this dude I wouldn’t even wanna stand next to the ocean for the interview 😂

    • @jaynapickett618
      @jaynapickett618 3 роки тому +2

      Ikr... I'd say hell no not here!!! I'd never go near the ocean again💯🤣👌

  • @peterstoddard6225
    @peterstoddard6225 2 роки тому +6

    Steve was a Dover Massachusetts family friend in the 1960s. I remember his disappearence like it was yesterday. Amazing story of survival.

    • @janetmccoy7945
      @janetmccoy7945 2 місяці тому

      Someone said his story was exaggerated and he was only at sea for @ days.

  • @lk4429
    @lk4429 3 роки тому +18

    I go to my mailbox with camping gear a compass, 40 gallons of water, my aid kit, a defibrillator, pen and paper, food, and a flashlight in daytime. Except I aways make it back from the 15 feet I traveled. Lol . Kudos to this man!

    • @jaynapickett618
      @jaynapickett618 3 роки тому +2

      You win comment of the year💯🤣..... This comment is highly underrated and is sooooo freaking great!!!

    • @lk4429
      @lk4429 3 роки тому

      @@jaynapickett618 thanks, but seriously, do not travele unprepared, big rookie mistake.

    • @jaynapickett618
      @jaynapickett618 3 роки тому

      @@lk4429 That's alot of people's mistake, they travel unprepared 💯... Whether your going to your mailbox or not always go with SUPPLIES, Water , food, lights, etc... especially going on any trip further than more than half a mile or less from home because you never know what could happen💯. My motto~ ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED 👌

    • @lk4429
      @lk4429 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaynapickett618 clever person you are, yes always prepare, happy to know someone outhere has brains. Have a wonderful day!

  • @cutter7515
    @cutter7515 3 роки тому +9

    Just listened to his audible book Adrift and finished in 2 days what a story

  • @Your_Boy_Dimes
    @Your_Boy_Dimes 4 роки тому +56

    I know I shouldn’t be bringing negative vibes into the comments but the “I shouldn’t be alive” version of this is so much better, It’s so much more intense and adds some more specific details that just make it feel more whole as a story, they didn’t even mention how we dove back into the boat for supplies and his lungs almost burst while the boat was sinking, like come on now

    • @someperson6329
      @someperson6329 3 роки тому +5

      I am in agreement. This version was a low budget watered down disgrace. Too many important details from the original are missing.

    • @jaynapickett618
      @jaynapickett618 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah I just finished watching that one, now I'm watching this one. That one was great💯

    • @Ransome1690
      @Ransome1690 3 роки тому +1

      And I guess youtube noticed how good that one was that they decided to take it down and market it as something to pay for or whatever because you can no longer find it in the search results, only this Hollywood donkey s**t version.

    • @haydenwoodyard3624
      @haydenwoodyard3624 2 роки тому +6

      @@jaynapickett618 can you tell me where to watch the original I can’t find it on UA-cam anymore

  • @ticat88
    @ticat88 4 роки тому +15

    This guy is a major inspiration to me. God bless you my friend

  • @lillyanderson753
    @lillyanderson753 4 роки тому +16

    Incredible man, incredible story. Great re-enactment and some really interesting new details of his ordeal but the I Shouldn't Be Alive episode was definitely better.

  • @toniroberts8117
    @toniroberts8117 2 роки тому +8

    I first saw this story on “I shouldn’t be alive”… season 4. Called 76 days at sea or something like that.
    Just omg WOW.
    It’s gut wrenching watching. I seriously literally would have died in a week. Guarantee. I just can’t believe he went through that.
    It makes me so sad thinking about all the other probably gillions of other people that survived an accident at sea for a great deal of time but were never found so their turmoils got completely lost. I can only imagine the stories we’d known of if everyone lost at sea could live to tell their tale.

    • @AlanpittsS2b
      @AlanpittsS2b 6 місяців тому

      Yeah it is incredible. And you are correct there are many stories we will never know because people spent this long and longer stranded and didn’t make it. Think about the Franklin expedition they were stuck in the ice for five years and some sightings of few survivors 7 to 9 years after being stranded and not one made it out. Or sailors centuries ago with a lot more remote unknown world and absolutely nobody to rescue you. Some people shipwrecked back then that survived had to make a whole new life where they were with no chance of ever going home again

  • @jimbobbyrnes
    @jimbobbyrnes 3 роки тому +9

    so the last episode of this guy made him look like he knew absolutely nothing where as this one makes it look like he was survival extraordinaire.

  • @sullivan9251
    @sullivan9251 4 роки тому +37

    Wow, the man thats playing him got upgraded!

  • @timothinking9855
    @timothinking9855 Рік тому +1

    Both versions Worth watching. His type of resilience is rare.

  • @edwindelacruz7357
    @edwindelacruz7357 Рік тому +4

    If theres a will,theres a way!

  • @husqv5147
    @husqv5147 3 роки тому +9

    I bet the next ditch bag he assembled was the size of a refrigerator! 3 canned hams, 25 bags potato chips, 25lbs beef jerky, 144 candy bars, 2 kegs of water, case of dinty moore stew, 12 cans chili, 4 boxes saltines, 5 boxes twinkies.

  • @dgg1105
    @dgg1105 3 роки тому +3

    What an amazing, smart survivor. God bless him. Awesome.

  • @chokoon21
    @chokoon21 2 роки тому +10

    He should give himself more credit. He's definitely quite an expert at what he's doing and a smart one that was.

  • @g.e.1432
    @g.e.1432 4 роки тому +21

    What a cute little raft, it is great how it closes completely to avoid sun and bad weather, what a clever invention.

    • @Babayagaom
      @Babayagaom Рік тому +2

      Have you ever stayed in a tent ..it gets hot 5-10 degree hotter than outside temperature

  • @timothinking9855
    @timothinking9855 Рік тому +2

    This version covered his equipment much more clearly. Way better play by play of how he kept track and what he used to survive. This one feels more honest.

  • @nickmudd
    @nickmudd 3 роки тому +6

    This is why I stay inside

  • @RifetOkic
    @RifetOkic 3 роки тому +4

    Good to see Steve again :)

  • @garaipano9156
    @garaipano9156 4 роки тому +118

    The first actor was way better

    • @mishelleforever3483
      @mishelleforever3483 3 роки тому +3

      How can i found the first actor?

    • @energyhunter1
      @energyhunter1 2 роки тому +3

      true man

    • @destinyt836
      @destinyt836 2 роки тому +10

      Facts! I liked the original better but now I can't find the original version anywhere! :(

    • @yaboisoe178
      @yaboisoe178 2 роки тому +5

      Yea I just came back to this vid from a while back and ik something was off

    • @karimansari6205
      @karimansari6205 2 роки тому +1

      Spolt

  • @Booster85
    @Booster85 4 роки тому +35

    Seen this before but well worth a watch again people!

  • @EllieJadeOke
    @EllieJadeOke 3 роки тому +7

    There's like 3 versions of this same thing!!!

  • @single_ricegrain5213
    @single_ricegrain5213 3 роки тому +4

    Wow this dude is such a legend

  • @brandonsavitski
    @brandonsavitski 4 роки тому +9

    I want to see the rest of this recollection interview / story. Where's the rest of this particular story? Not the other I shouldn't be alive video but this recollection video.

  • @michellecastaneda4104
    @michellecastaneda4104 10 місяців тому

    Has I age i get to the point if I just have a severe cold sore throat chills or flu I just rather die I feel so awful. I could not imagine strumming up the strength to survive with this man did. Wow...

  • @aneozivota5699
    @aneozivota5699 4 роки тому +5

    BRAVOOOO !!!! 👏👏👏

  • @warrenpongasi7446
    @warrenpongasi7446 4 роки тому +8

    amazing man🙂

  • @Joseph-xt3el
    @Joseph-xt3el 6 місяців тому +1

    To anyone watching this please watch the "i shouldnt be alive" version it is so so so much better and epic. This is more of a rundown of the story.

  • @BBB-rd2qi
    @BBB-rd2qi 4 роки тому +32

    This version is far less dramatic and has a more positive vibe than the original.

    • @loficonnoisseur3995
      @loficonnoisseur3995 4 роки тому +1

      That’s because this man had everything He needed horrible situation but could’ve been so much worse

    • @それは私です-o4h
      @それは私です-o4h 4 роки тому +1

      Well this is anyway a shortened version and not made to be as good as the original one so no wonder

    • @ThunderboltOverkill
      @ThunderboltOverkill 3 роки тому

      @@それは私です-o4h I see what you did there lol

    • @Gameboy-Unboxings
      @Gameboy-Unboxings 3 роки тому

      @@ThunderboltOverkill wtf

    • @hanfpeter4190
      @hanfpeter4190 3 роки тому

      @@loficonnoisseur3995 though its technically true that his situation could have been even worse, i strongly advise you to watch the original 50 min documentary

  • @JoshuaTraffanstedt
    @JoshuaTraffanstedt 4 місяці тому

    I was lost in my bathtub for days one time. Just when i thought all hope was lost, my mother came in and unplugged the drain. I was pretty young.. 31 and a half.

  • @rottweilerfun9520
    @rottweilerfun9520 3 роки тому +2

    The book about this is a great read.

  • @ronw2316
    @ronw2316 4 роки тому +11

    Really curious what he ran into in the middle of the Atlantic.

    • @anthonyboyce8844
      @anthonyboyce8844 3 роки тому +2

      And me nothings mentioned.a whale a floating barrell ir something.very strange.

    • @CarolineJoyAmico
      @CarolineJoyAmico 2 роки тому +1

      Is this the same story as that Robert Redford movie? If so, it was shown as a shipping crate, that had fallen off a cargo barge.

  • @mishelleforever3483
    @mishelleforever3483 3 роки тому +4

    Who deleted the originala video? The first video

  • @Views-rx8vt
    @Views-rx8vt 4 роки тому +12

    Wonder what the boat hit

  • @gazedball3342
    @gazedball3342 3 роки тому +4

    That’s nice and all but do you know u can save 15% on car insurance?

  • @charliedronkers
    @charliedronkers 3 роки тому +6

    is there going to be a third version?

  • @theinspiringengineer-railw153
    @theinspiringengineer-railw153 3 роки тому +5

    I wonder what hit the boat and broke the hull.......

  • @Ard__926
    @Ard__926 10 місяців тому

    One of the craziest story of all time

  • @MactheHusky
    @MactheHusky 11 місяців тому

    Heck of a mindset to have in that situation

  • @ariac1197
    @ariac1197 3 роки тому +1

    Damn that guy is smart! I wonder if theres Napoleon Solo 2??

  • @felsner1
    @felsner1 2 роки тому +2

    See also the I shouldn't Be Alive version (S04E06) of this incredible story!

  • @kokocriz4577
    @kokocriz4577 4 роки тому +3

    2 months is too risky cuz he hav only sum amount of water n snacks..😯 luckily he is alive thank god AMEN

  • @HeadFargo
    @HeadFargo 2 роки тому +3

    Why did they remake this?

  • @chicagogyrl4846
    @chicagogyrl4846 Рік тому +1

    Why was he out sailing alone without a beacon locator??! 😂🤣

  • @NormaLilia24
    @NormaLilia24 3 роки тому +2

    Is this a reupload? The one I watched had millions of views

  • @jakethetool698
    @jakethetool698 3 роки тому +1

    As a teen, I read the book, twice.

  • @reelfishing002
    @reelfishing002 4 роки тому +67

    This looks like a low budget productions compare to “I shouldn’t be alive “..

  • @Potatocat_
    @Potatocat_ 4 роки тому +4

    He can’t die those days because he is the main character in the movie here

  • @basicburrito1157
    @basicburrito1157 4 роки тому +4

    They have uploaded this before but this is a shorter version of it

  • @pauldolan9077
    @pauldolan9077 2 роки тому +2

    Crazy azzz I read his book about 15 years ago ,such an amazing man. I Prefer the book so much better than the doco but fantastic all the same

  • @annettegenovesi4012
    @annettegenovesi4012 4 роки тому +3

    I enjoyed the interviews amid the storyline. Gives it a "really happening now" feeling. So looking back Steve, name one thing you'd do different?

    • @dgg1105
      @dgg1105 3 роки тому

      Don’t even doubt your strength. Just amazing l. God let you here for a reason.God bless you.

  • @toddr.4630
    @toddr.4630 2 роки тому +2

    My moped knocked off on me one day,,, I was almost 2 miles from home, it was a late July mid afternoon in N.C. 🥵 with no food or water, no human should have survived the walk home but,, I made it,,,, I SURVIVED, but I'll never be the "same" 🥺😝✌️

  • @mattmatt5888
    @mattmatt5888 4 роки тому +3

    That'd be fun!!

  • @RobertCannesRobert
    @RobertCannesRobert 3 роки тому +4

    !!!imagine some fisherman from mexico survived at sea 438 days!!! If you like these stories i recommend great book called "Survive the Savage Sea" by Dougal Robertson true story too.

    • @LilyS1031
      @LilyS1031 3 роки тому +1

      I've heard about that, got to find it!

  • @neelsriranga9138
    @neelsriranga9138 4 роки тому +9

    Isn't there another video on this on the same channel??

  • @SophieJackson1993
    @SophieJackson1993 Рік тому +2

    The actor’s face while the boat sinks is hilarious I’m sorry.

  • @MrThedonhead
    @MrThedonhead Рік тому +1

    Is this a true story? I've heard that he set it all up and was prepared for it and learnt how to look after himself before leaving and even had a book about how to survive in the ocean and he was a writer. Its quite crazy that he's in the perfect place for food. Id say most people would do this for fame and glory and money and i say and to much

  • @xoxoxoxoxoxo3776
    @xoxoxoxoxoxo3776 4 роки тому +3

    He shouldn’t put the water thing in the back at night time and the kit is missing a paddle and compass

  • @a.r.dinero8342
    @a.r.dinero8342 2 роки тому +3

    The first episode was way better

  • @jackiebaker5530
    @jackiebaker5530 Місяць тому

    Hes strong i would have went crazy after day 1

  • @hirotwo2018
    @hirotwo2018 7 місяців тому +1

    19:05 that tongue

  • @justinkrann7406
    @justinkrann7406 7 місяців тому

    I had the funniest dream about this story the other night... He shipwrecked in a small bay, and was immediately beached on his raft no problem!... but for some reason he collected his survival gear and raft and rowed out to sea... thats where the real story, this story starts🤔

  • @madeb7251
    @madeb7251 4 роки тому +4

    How did he poop?

  • @davidheaney9249
    @davidheaney9249 Рік тому +1

    Only playing at it.. what about the mexican fisherman who was lost at sea for over a year !!

  • @leleakins1217
    @leleakins1217 4 роки тому +2

    I always think how the heck do they record it

  • @knowledgeguru1127
    @knowledgeguru1127 4 роки тому +3

    Already watched it

  • @jhadeanvlogs8601
    @jhadeanvlogs8601 4 роки тому +2

    Survival mode

  • @jackstewart2339
    @jackstewart2339 4 роки тому +5

    They already made a movie about this happening. I want to see the life and times of captain Jack sparrow.

  • @nirmalkamboj4288
    @nirmalkamboj4288 3 роки тому +2

    Want same old episode.

  • @johnathanvieaux9332
    @johnathanvieaux9332 3 роки тому +2

    Me wondering how the cameras got there

  • @childishchunks8432
    @childishchunks8432 4 роки тому +8

    This video has been out before from the same channel

    • @pattern_666
      @pattern_666 4 роки тому +1

      I seen that, but the story still flawless

    • @gold310rr9
      @gold310rr9 4 роки тому

      LMAOOO

  • @brycehampton7649
    @brycehampton7649 4 роки тому +5

    Are you sure Dirado‘s Will be that delicious when you go fishing and eat them alive for survival?

    • @nicosiedler2221
      @nicosiedler2221 4 роки тому +1

      conserved with salt and dried by sun, why not. And you've already mentioned the essential - survival!

  • @ilovesteveclark6084
    @ilovesteveclark6084 3 роки тому +3

    Why can't these rafts be made more durable? They get so many leaks and sharks are able to permeate them. The bottom of the raft is so thin...it seems like today's technology, a stronger "raft" or dingy can be manufactured?

  • @DanTbigD
    @DanTbigD 8 місяців тому

    My question is, what did he hit to sink his ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

  • @TimeForDunston
    @TimeForDunston 3 роки тому +1

    What really scares me? What the heck did he hit?

  • @simonsiron887
    @simonsiron887 4 роки тому +2

    Why did you make two videos about this

  • @mshayashi
    @mshayashi Рік тому +1

    On [I Shouldn't be Alive], the story was a bit different.

  • @idontevenknow741
    @idontevenknow741 10 місяців тому

    What happened to the original video?

  • @Existential_Dread
    @Existential_Dread 4 роки тому +1

    True

  • @validlena
    @validlena 3 роки тому +3

    Where did he poop at tho💀

  • @timoglock07
    @timoglock07 4 роки тому +53

    He is lucky that life raft was not "MADE IN CHINA".

    • @hollies5841
      @hollies5841 4 роки тому +4

      How do you know?

    • @lalilal7563
      @lalilal7563 4 роки тому +2

      Nope! ! But it was assembled in China tho 🤣

    • @11DAVIDELEVEN
      @11DAVIDELEVEN 4 роки тому +2

      His raft leaked color pigment and he couldn't drunk water from it. Id rather see chinese doing my raft ;)

    • @Oceanrocks121
      @Oceanrocks121 3 роки тому +2

      Your own phone is made in China.

  • @akmalrafael1952
    @akmalrafael1952 3 роки тому +5

    where is the Original?

  • @michaelgraber5750
    @michaelgraber5750 3 роки тому +2

    Where the hell is the good version???

  • @donotreadmydiscussion5494
    @donotreadmydiscussion5494 4 роки тому +1

    second version of Robinson Crusoe..if u have read the novel

  • @bernardruwama9671
    @bernardruwama9671 4 роки тому +2

    2 months are 60 or 62 days, then headline is 76 day, which planet is that

    • @PotatoPlaysGames__
      @PotatoPlaysGames__ 4 роки тому

      He was there for 2 weeks then it took him 2 more months so that’s about 76 days

  • @jeffreydahmer1143
    @jeffreydahmer1143 7 місяців тому

    The ocean is biggest graveyard

  • @gulyakarimova8244
    @gulyakarimova8244 3 роки тому +2

    жаль человека

  • @jaxsullivan2117
    @jaxsullivan2117 3 роки тому +1

    Dude there's 3 of these

  • @kmbewe1
    @kmbewe1 4 місяці тому

    Was he with the famous indestructible camera man ?

  • @jamestropicals2025
    @jamestropicals2025 3 роки тому

    Who plays the younger Steve?

  • @CocoSnicker12
    @CocoSnicker12 8 місяців тому +1

    Imagine copying this from "i shouldn't be alive"

  • @scarlxdy
    @scarlxdy 10 місяців тому

    The ones who are allergic to peanuts 💀

  • @madzen112
    @madzen112 Рік тому +1

    Imagine if he sunk it on purpose

  • @BeastyBean
    @BeastyBean 4 роки тому +2

    Already seen

  • @ahadmatic4049
    @ahadmatic4049 3 роки тому +2

    The first actor was better