Here's the "hydropod bubble runner" Reza Baluchi was attempting to use to make the 1,033-mile trip.

The U.S. Coast Guard had tried to talk him out of his bizarre attempt to run from Florida to Bermuda.
As you can see, he was determined to make the journey himself.
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Yesterday the philanthropist and athlete had to be rescued 70 nautical miles East of St. Augustine.

The Coast Guard rescued him after he activated his landing beacon, Newsday reports.
