An 86-year-old man and his dog were rescued by the Grand Orion near Ventura after being missing since August while sailing from Oregon to American Samoa.
The last communication with him took place on August 20 - Last Tuesday, the authorities received a distress signal from the sailboat, which allowed them to locate him.
On Thursday morning, a San Diego Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter approached the "Grand Orion" and took the elderly man and the animal on a special mission.