Leonardo DiCaprio assisted in boat rescue of a drowning man near St. Barts
Leonardo DiCaprio helped give a drowning man the deep sea rescue he never got playing Jack Dawson in Titanic.
While vacationing aboard a yacht in the Caribbean over the holidays, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star took part in the rescue of a crewman who fell from a Club Med yacht near St. Martin, according to The Sun. The boat DiCaprio was on, anchored near St. Barts, reportedly responded to a mayday call on Dec. 30, and helped find the victim, who had been treading water for an almost unbelievable 11 hours before being rescued.
According to the story, DiCaprio’s yacht, which he was vacationing on with girlfriend Camila Morrone and friends, diverted from its regularly scheduled celebrity vacation adventures to search for the Frenchman. The man, identified only as Victor, was found 30-some miles away near Saba Island, a tiny nearby island, and taken to safety just as a storm was setting in.
“The captain put the man's chances of survival at one in a billion — like winning the lottery twice,” a source told The Sun.
The report said the Club Med cruise worker — who had “fallen overboard after too much alcohol and a long night” — was severely dehydrated and was given food, drink and clothes before being passed to coast guards. It also claimed he was “minutes from drowning” when he was found.
A rep for DiCaprio has not yet responded to Yahoo Entertainment’s request for comment — nor has a spokesperson for Club Med.
Despite the heroics of Team DiCaprio, it was business as usual for the star after his vacation ended. He stepped out of the American Film Institute Awards on Jan. 3 followed by the Golden Globes on Sunday, making nary a mention of poor Victor.
However, his OUATIH co-star Pitt did make a reference to DiCaprio’s famous Titanic character in his Globes acceptance speech. Pitt said he wouldn’t have been onstage without DiCaprio, adding, “Still, I would have saved the raft.”
In the final Titanic scene, Rose, played by Kate Winslet, was on wooden debris in the water as Jack treaded water next to it. Her character survived and his — as we all know — didn’t. The plot point is one celebrities have continuously been weighing in on 22 years later, including “My Heart Will Go On” singer Celine Dion.
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