BillConner wrote on Feb 6^th, 2020 at 12:09pm:

My goggling suggests the water temperature was in the 70s.  Not a warm bath but is that really cold?

  This hypothermia chart is very informative. You can get hypothermic and you can die in water that warm based on wind and your tolerance to it.
Even though the water was in the 70s, you have to factor in the wind speed at the time too.
  What I don't get is why he didn't get to shore when he first went over?
  Stories like this rarely answer questions they just leave you wondering?

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