Pinoy seaman Lorejei Moscoso, 25, had to tread water for three hours as he had no lifejacket or flotation device: Coast Guard miraculously spotted him as a speck in the vast Atlantic Ocean

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Lorejei Moscoso, 25, fell off a container ship off the coast of Fort Lauderdale
He had to tread water for three hours as he had no lifejacket or flotation device: Coast Guard miraculously spotted him as a speck in the vast Atlantic Ocean
NIC WHITE 7 June 2018 | UPDATED: 15:08 BST, 7 June 2018

Photo from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter showed how much of a needle in a haystack the search was, with the Filipino man a tiny speck in the water
A young man was miraculously plucked from the ocean after he fell off a ship with no lifejacket and had to tread water for three hours.

U.S. Coast Guard rescuers found Lorejei Moscoso, 25, five miles off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 9.30am on Wednesday.

Photos from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter showed how much of a needle in a haystack the search was, with the Filipino man a tiny speck in the water.

Mr Moscoso was last seen by the crew of the 456ft container ship Vega Sagittarius about 5.30am as he tied down some cargo.

However, he was not reported missing until 6.40am when the Liberian vessel docked in Port Everglades and realized he was gone.