it all happened -- get this -- 180 miles off of the coast of texas, and ucb landmass there, just southand west of houston. 180 miles offshore. joining us on the telephone is the man and found them. eddie, good to talk to you. >> you bet. shepard: you must have been floored. all of a sudden, there are these people. >> we did not see them. we passed them up, and about two miles away, we went to a wig and started fishing, and i was sitting on the back of the boat -- we went to a rig. and i said, "there is something over there." shepard: and when you get close, what happened? >> i got the binoculars out, and i said, "well, somebody is waiving something," and it was a t-shirt he was waiting, and another person was waving a brown t-shirt, and i could not see it, but i could see the white t-shirt. i could not see the boat because they were only about 6 inches out of the water, he said they were like standing on the water, and i said, "let's go," to and we tried to get the coast guard orbit oil rigs, and we could not get anybody -- and i said, "let's go," and we try to get the coast guard or t