NatGeo: Extreme Rescues, S1 E4, "Lost at Sea"

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A tourist boat gets hit with big waves, which breaks lower deck windows and causes the boat to list and sink within 90 seconds.

Passengers were all given life jackets and don ahead of sinking.

Narrator says that the victims could die of exhaustion and exposure after ten minutes. Open sea and sunny day, but only after ten minutes?!

Narrator says that after first fishing boat arrives and picks up 20 or so, of 109, that victims still in the water don't know if another boat will be coming. Wouldn't more boats be expected? Why would the victims worry that there won't be more boats?

Rescue seems to have happened within an hour for all victims. Is this a case of mild or extreme?
 
Don't know about that precise episode, but I stopped watching any NatGeo years ago, as they tend to be less and less accurate, and more focused about cheap sensationalism and flattering the audience's darker sides.
 
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