Funny that the coast guard waited till he was so far out before finally realizing he was really gonna try it and they had to arrest him to keep him from killing himself. The discussion on the bridge of that coast guard cutter must have been sitcom material.
his previous attempts sound 'reasonable', Florida to Bermuda, Florida to PR, Florida to NY but London would definitely kill him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Baluchi
Funny that the coast guard waited till he was so far out before finally realizing he was really gonna try it and they had to arrest him to keep him from killing himself. The discussion on the bridge of that coast guard cutter must have been sitcom material.