Russell Crowe rescued by coast guard
Hollywood actor Russell Crowe was involved in a dramatic sea rescue on Saturday (01Sep12) after a kayaking trip in New York went wrong.
The Gladiator star and a friend paddled out to the waters off New York's Long Island on Saturday afternoon, but as darkness fell, the two lost their way and ended up beaching their kayaks at a remote spot nearly 10 miles (16 kilometres) away from where they started.
They yelled for help, and eventually a U.S. Coast Guard patrol
heard their cries and picked them up at around 10pm local time.
They were then transported back to safety.
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Robert Swieciki said of the
incident, "He just needed a little bit of help, he just got a
little lost. It wasn't really a rescue, really, more of just giving
someone a lift."
The actor later thanked his rescuers in a post on his Twitter.com
page, writing, "Kayak; Cold Spring/Huntington Harbor. Thanks to
Seth and the boys from the US Coast Guard for guiding the way... 4
hrs 30 mins, 7m (11.2km)... Not lost, we knew exactly where we
were... we ran out of day. Grand adventure, eh?"
Crowe has been working on Long Island in recent weeks filming
Darren Aronofsky's new biblical epic Noah.