nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: rob konrad knows he beat the odds. up thinking of his ordeal. it began last wednesday on a fishing trip. he was alone nine miles out when he hooked a fish and just as he went to grab the line a big wave crashed into the boat knocking him overboard. the boat on auto pilot sailed away. he had no life jacket no radio. >> quickly realized i was in a real bad situation. >> reporter: if rob konrad's name is familiar it may be because for six seasons he was a powerful full back on the miami dolphins. but no test on the gridiron would ever match this. >> bit by a jellyfish, i was circled by a shark. luckily did one circle around and left. >> reporter: twice konrad saw help a fishing boat 50 yards away. later, a coast guard chopper overhead. he saw them they did not see him. >> i just said look i'm not dying tonight. i've got two beautiful daughters. i was hitting that shore. >> reporter: alternating between breast stroke and back stroke konrad swam for 16 hours. swift current pulled him north, turning nine miles into an estima

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abc news reporter has his story. >> former miami fullback rob konrad is used to being surrounded by dolphins but the 38-year-old is recovering from an ordeal at sea surrounded by sharks. >> after panicking for a minute realized i was in real trouble. >> konrad reeling in a big catch last week when he fell off his 36-foot fishing boat. his boat on autopilot taking off without him, leaving him behind without a lifejacket. stranded in the ocean nine miles offshore. >> got bit by jellyfish, i was circled by a shark. luckily it circled around and left. >> and his wife increasingly worried when he was not home hours after dinner alerting the coast guard. >> i called our friends and, you know, we were all terrified. >> back at sea, konrad even saw a coast guard helicopters looking for him. >> they had come right over the top of me. and they had their lights on me and kept going. >> so he started swimming battling huge waves, 25-mile-per-hour winds, determined to survive. and he did. after 16 hours and a total of 27 miles. konrad says he swam not just for his life, but for his family. >> i have got

rob konrad is his name. he survived a 16-hour, 9-mile swim off the atlantic shoreline. abc's mara schiavocampo with this story. >> reporter: even the hard-hitting world of professional football couldn't prepare former miami dolphins fullback rob konrad for this challenge, the 38-year-old recovering after a harrowing ordeal at sea. his wife by his side. >> realized i was in some real trouble. >> reporter: after falling off his 36-foot fishing boat while reeling in a big catch off the south florida coast, his boat on autopilot towards the bahamas konrad was all alone without a life jacket nine miles offshore so konrad started swimming. >> bit by jellyfish right when the sun was going down circled by a shark. >> reporter: missing two rescue attempts. spotting a fish boat 50 yards away and coast guard helicopters circling overhead. finally reaching dry land after 16 hours. >> i've got two beautiful daughter s daughters. i was hitting that shore. >> reporter: a former dolphin swimming to safety. mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >>> well it's every sports fan's worst nigh

rob konrad survived a 16 hour swim. mara schiavocampo has more. >> even the hard-hitting world of professional football couldn't prepare former miami dolphins full youback rob konrad for this challenge. the 38-year-old recovering after a harrowing ordeal at sea. his wife by his side. >> realized i was in real trouble. >> reporter: after falling off his 36-foot fishing boat while reeling in a big catch off the south florida coast, his boat on autopilot toured the bahamas, konrad was all alone without a life jacket nine miles off shore so he started swimming. >> bit by jellyfish and circled by a shark. >> reporter: along the way missing two rescue attempts, spotting a fishing boat 50 yards away and coast guard helicopters circling overhead. finally reaching dry land after 16 hours. >> i've got two beautiful daughters. i was hitting that shore. >> the former dolphin swimming to safety. mara schiavocampo abc news, new york. >> what a story. >> that's incredible that he was able to make it. these guys are great athletes. may

. >>> and former miami dolphins fullback rob konrad is speaking with the ordeal that nearly cost himt week konrad was fishing alone when he fell from his boat into the waters nine miles from palm beach, florida. his boat was on autopilot and kept going without him. with no help in sight, konrad had no choice but to start swimming. >> everything that i've read had said you had two to three hours of treading water or swimming before you have hypothermia or you cramped up, and both were going to be bad outcomes. >> it took 16 hours, but konrad swam all the way to shore. his boat was found this week on a reef near grand bahama island. this is the "cbs morning news." [coughing] dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best sleep with a cold medicine. patented sonic technology with up to 27% more brush movements. get healthier gums in two weeks. innovation and you philips sonicare save when you give philips sonicare this holiday season. mom usually throws a gogur

former miami fullback rob konrad is used to being surrounded by dolphins.ning the 38-year-old is recovering from an ordeal at sea surrounded by sharks. >> after panicking for a minute realized i was in some real trouble. >> reporter: he was reeling in a big catch off the south florida coast last week when he fell off his 36-foot fishing boat. his boat on autopilot taking off without him leaving him behind without a life jacket stranded in the ocean 9 miles offshore. >> got bit by jellyfish and i was circled by a shark, luckily they once circled around and left. >> reporter: his wife increasingly worried when he still wasn't home hours after dinner alerting the coast guard. >> i called my -- our friends and and, you know we were alter tied. >> reporter: back at sea konrad even saw coast guard helicopters looking for him. >> they had come right over the top of me and had their lights on me and kept going. >> reporter: so he started swimming battling huge waves, 25-mile-per-hour winds determined to survive. and he did after 16 hours and a total of 27 miles. a

the hard-hitting world of professional football couldn't prepare former miami dolphins fullback rob konrador this challenge. tonight, the 38-year-old recoveng after a harrowing ordeal at sea, his wife by his side. >> i realized i was in some real trouble. >> reporter: after falling off his fishing boat while reeling in a big catch off the south florida coast, his boat on auto pilot towards the bahamas, konrad was all alone without a life jacket. nine miles offshore. so konrad started swimming. >> bit by jelly fish. right when the sun was going down i was circled by a shark. >> along the way, missing two rescue attempts. spotting a fishing boat just 50 yards away. and coast guard helicopters circling overhead. finally, reaching dry land after 16 hours. >> i've got two beautiful daughters. i was hitting that shore. >> reporter: a former dolphin swimming to safety. mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >> really incredible. >>> when we come back tonight, that made in america quiz. and breaking news on joan rivers and that clinic tonight. n't ignore signs of damage in your home. are you sure yo

. >> former miami dolphin rob konrad spoke publicly about his unexpected swim.atlantic ocean last week. the former full back was fishing off the coast of florida when he went overboard and swam 9 miles back to shore. >> i prayed to god to send a boat or the coast guard to come get me. and yeah, i mean, after some time i just said, look, i'm not dying tonight and i'm going to make it to shore. >> once konrad did make it to shore he walked to a home and asked for help. the 38-year-old spent several days in the hospital. >> ♪♪ >> okay up next on the morning buzz well, everybody likes milk and cookies right but sometimes we think it is so exhausting to dip those cookies in the milk. your problem is solved. they created the dunking buddy which is a hands free cookie dunking device. lower the cookie tray into the glass, secure the cookie tray with a magnet handle, put the cookie into the tray and lower into the milk. in case that's confusing they illustrated the directions there so it's easy to follow. what do you think? >> why have we not seen this on shark tank? 5:2

rob konrad falls off his boat off the coast of florida. he swims 16 hours to reach the shore.rst, trivia for you. the best selling author of all time. hint hint, it is no longer the king. ♪ ♪ stuart: the music gives it away. we asked you before the break if you could answer oak question. garth brooks. congratulations to janet crawford for being the first person to answer it correctly. mario karcher romo sat down with jamie dimon. roll some tape. >> i am doing fine. i actually never stop working. i had thorough cancer, for those that do not know. it was a tough thing to go through. on december 4, i got radiation and chemo. a clean bill of health. it is a very good sign. i do not wish that on anybody. i am glad it is over. stuart: rob konrad swam 16 hours to survive after falling off his fishing boat. >> i have been a poster my whole life. i should not be here. sixteen hours in the water. i think i ended up traveling 27 miles. after some time, i just said look, i am not dying tonight. i will make it to shore. i followed the sun. by the time night came, i could see it the lights

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. >> sitting next to his wife tammy, an emotional rob konrad described for the first time the ordealean. konrad says he fell off his fishing boat off the coast of florida. >> i shouldn't be here. >> reporter: konrad was taking his boat to a service station for routine maintenance. he started to fish along the way and was knocked over by a wave. the boat on auto pilot headed east towards the bahamas. after panicking i realized i was in real trouble. >> reporter: the next 16 hours tested his physical and mental toughness. konrad learned a thing or two about toughness during his six seasons as a fullback in the nfl. it hadn't prepared him for a marathon in the atlantic and sea life below. >> a lot of jellyfish. i was circled by a shark. >> reporter: konrad said there were two times he thought he might be rescued when a fishing boat came within 50 yards of him and when a helicopter passed over him. >> they had their lights on me and kept going. they didn't see me. and it was a difficult time. i think i realized at that point i was on my own. >> reporter: it almost broke him, the thoughts

last week rob konrad was fishing on his boat when a wave knocked him overboard.he was left to swim for 16 hours, 27 miles before finally making it to shore. he played football for the miami dolphins. nothing he says could prepare him for this. >> bit by jellyfish, right when the sun was going down i was circled by a shark. luckily one circle around and left. after some time i said look i'm not dying tonight. and i'm going to make it to shore. i've got two beautiful daughters. i was hitting that shore. >> amazing, huh? konrad saw help twice in a fishing boat and chopper, but they never saw him. >>> up next investigators are searching for potential suspects working with the paris attackers. and ronan farrow with a hebdo writer. >>> first, a look at the arctic air mass bringing chills around much of the country from the southern plains texas, mid-atlantic and the northeast. much of america is feeling the january cold today. what's it going to be in miami today? 82. just checking. startup-ny. it's working for new york state. already 55 companies are investing over $9

he was being eaten by jellyfish, swirled around by -- this is rob konrad. and so apparently he was washed offshore. he had -- i don't know how he made it but he had a press conference with his wife and talked about it. take a look. >> i prayed to god to send a boat or the coast guard to come get me. and, yeah i mean after some time i just said look i'm not dying tonight. and i'm going to make it to shore. the fishing boat had the lights on. he couldn't have been 50 yards from me. and i had been in the water at least ten hours at that point in time. and to have the boat come that close and not hear you or see you was just -- you had to get your mind right at that point in time. but, look i've got two -- two beautiful daughter ss. i was hitting that shore. >> wow. >> yeah. that's -- that's incredible. so he's home. i know we were saving that for later but while we were on the topic of sports i just was so taken by that story. all right. let's get to the news. officials in paris are warning hayat boumeddiene may not be the only suspect in the paris terror atta