Man rescued after 67 days adrift at sea describes how he survived after brother and nephew died: "I simply had no choice"

A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rainwater.

Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. But the boat's engine shut down on their way back on Aug. 9.

Initial efforts by emergency services to locate the trio failed. Pichugin's brother and nephew later died, and he tied their bodies to the boat to prevent them from being washed away.