For one Florida man who survived Hurricane Milton, keeping his head above water involved clinging to a cooler in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

Video released by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the moment the fisherman was rescued after his boat became stranded Wednesday night as the monster storm churned toward the west coast of the Sunshine State.

The man’s name has not been released by authorities.

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