U.S. Ex-NFL Player Details His Near-Death Ordeal at Sea

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    Robert Konrad

    A former NFL player gave an emotional account of surviving a nine-mile swim to the Florida shore after falling off his boat and how he "prayed to God" to be rescued.

    "I shouldn't be here," Robert Konrad, 38, who played for the Miami Dolphins from 1999 to 2004, told reporters today when describing his approximately 16 hours in the water.

    Konrad was offshore when he fell from his 38-foot boat as he was trying to reel in a fish Wednesday night just as a large wave hit off the coast of Florida near Palm Beach. He was alone at the time.

    "I've operated boats my whole life as a kid," Konrad said. "You take boater safety courses and think nothing happens to you."

    Read more http://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-dolphins-player-robert-konrad-reveals-survived-mile/story?id=28176290
     

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