1942, a German U-boat sank SS Benlomond, leaving Chinese sailor Poon Lim alone in the Atlantic on an eight-foot raft; after surviving 133 days on fish, birds, and rainwater, he was rescued near Brazil and said, “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”

In 1942, Chinese sailor Poon Lim survived an astonishing 133 days adrift on a tiny life raft after the SS Benlomond was sunk by a German U-boat, setting a survival record that remains unmatched to this day.

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