Cast And Pray!

This story reminds us of our Cast & Pray line of t-shirts, mugs and hats. - ed


SOUTHPORT, N.C. -- Seventeen-year-old Josh Long says he and a friend "prayed to get home" -- and "God answered us."
Long and 15-year-old Troy Driscoll survived for six days in the Atlantic Ocean on their drifting sailboat before they were rescued over the weekend.

Long tells CBS's "Early Show" that he knew God "wouldn't let us suffer for no reason."

They'd set out shark fishing from Sullivans Island, South Carolina, on a 14-foot Sunfish during blustery weather April 24th. The National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay off the water and the pair realized they were in trouble almost immediately. Within hours they ended up far out at sea.

They quenched their thirst with sea water, ate raw jellyfish and slipped into the ocean to cool off, but sharks chased them back onto the boat.

They were finally spotted about seven miles off Cape Fear -- more than 100 miles from where they'd begun their journey.

Eddie Long -- Josh's dad -- tells C-B-S that officials were telling parents to expect the bodies to float up after a week. But he says, "We knew there was room for a miracle and this is our miracle."