A Brazilian fisherman, Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues, is thankful to be alive after he was stranded in shark-infested waters for 11 days and relied on a freezer from his boat to stay afloat in late July

A Brazilian fisherman is thankful to be alive after he was stranded in shark-infested waters for 11 days and relied on a freezer from his boat to stay afloat in late July.

Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues,44, took off on his boat while traveling the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northern Brazil when the vessel started sinking. 

During the sinking, Rodrigues climbed into a large freezer and floated in the appliance for 11 days, as the Daily Mail reported. He was later found near the coast of Suriname, and the rescue happened on August 11.

“I thought my end was coming. But thank God, God gave me one more chance. I jumped inside it. It fell to one side and kept normal,” he explained to Record TV. He added that the sharks would circle the freezer but didn’t attack.