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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A commercial fisherman who survived 30 hours in the water after his trawler sank recounted his harrowing ordeal Thursday, telling how he clung desperately to a fiberglass cooler lid while trying vainly to help his exhausted skipper stay afloat.
John Jarrett said the shrimp boat's captain, Charlie Picton, held on for hours but eventually drifted away, according to a friend of the crew, Mark McMurtrie.
Authorities called off an air search for Picton, 40, late Thursday. "The evidence suggests that the victim has drowned," a police statement said.
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