About this episode
The episode recounts a harrowing fishing trip that turned into a survival ordeal for a father and his son.
On Saturday June 8th 2019, Maike Hohnen took his son, 7 year old Julian Hohnen, and best friend Steven Jaecocke on what was supposed to be an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Queensland Australia. Around 1:30AM Maike was woken up to the boat very swiftly taking on water and within a matter of minutes the boat went down. Maike, Julian, and Stephen were left stranded in the ocean with no lifejackets, floating on a pair of old buckets with no idea what would come next. Check out my new youtube video! --> https://youtu.be/Nsy0Fjb4_6w?si=UitVVkl6LfCeeaLJ
People in this episode
Host: Not Today
Topics covered
- fishing trip
- survival
- ocean
- adventure
- family
- true crime
Keywords
- fishing
- survival story
- ocean rescue
- Queensland
- true crime
- family adventure
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Queensland Australia
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