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A man spent two nights adrift at sea after his jet ski broke down in the ocean

The 23-year-old was riding the vehicle off the coast of the Canary Islands in Spain on Sept. 29 when the incident occurred

He was ultimately located by rescue workers about 11 miles off the coast

A Spanish man was rescued after spending two nights lost at sea on a jet ski off the coast of the Canary Islands in Spain.

Layonel Ramírez Collado, 23, was on an evening boat trip with friends on Monday, Sept. 29, when things went awry, per local news outlets El País and Canarias 7 , as well as The Sun .

Layonel became separated from the boat when he went to retrieve a jet ski that had come loose from the vessel. He planned to drive the jet ski back to shore, but the vehicle broke down en r

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