Last week, we told you about former Miami Dolphin fullback Rob Konrad swimming 9-miles to shore after falling off his fishing boat. He spent over 16 hours in the water and somehow made it shore alive. A lot of people are calling BS or think that this story is either fabricated or incredibly embellished.
Until we hear otherwise, we’re on team Konrad.
Recently, Konrad finally opened up about the swim to save his life. He claims he was stung by jellyfish and on more than one occasion, saw rescue helicopters even though they did not see him.
Konrad says he was bit by many jellyfish and circled by a shark while he was in the water — but shark eventually left. Is this Life of Pi?!
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 12, 2015
Rob Konrad says he was in the water as rescue helicopters circled above, but they never saw him. He realized he was on his own. Incredible.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 12, 2015
Most shocking, though, was his claim that he was circled by at least one shark near the surface of the water and several below.
Sharks circled below but didn’t bite. Helicopters circled above but didn’t rescue. Yet Konrad, stuck 8 miles offshore, never gave up. Wow.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 12, 2015
Maybe they were protecting him?
That’s almost never the case.
Konrad has a wife a two daughters that served as his motivation and will to live.
Rob’s wife, Tammy Konrad, said she began to panic when her two daughters started to ask before going to bed, “Where’s daddy?"
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 12, 2015
Konrad followed sun west during day then followed lights on the shore. “I have 2 beautiful daughters,” he says. “I was hitting that shore."
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 12, 2015
Like I said, until we hear otherwise we are definitely team Konrad!
