A man believed to be lost at sea was discovered two days after the Coast Guard stopped searching.

One of two fishermen that went missing in mid-October was found alive and drifting in a life vessel off the coast of Washington on Thursday - two days after the Coast Guard suspended its search.

The search began when two men, traveling on a 43-foot vessel, left Westport in Grays Harbor County on October 12. They were scheduled to return on October 15 but never did, according to the Coast Guard.

After 10 days, the Coast Guard announced the suspension of their search efforts, covering over 14,000 square miles in over eight hours. However, on Thursday, a group of "good Samaritans" spotted one of the missing men adrift in a life raft about 70 miles from Cape Flattery.

The rescuers, Ryan Planes and his uncle John, described the moment of finding the missing fisherman as emotional. They pulled him on board and provided him with food and water. The survivor revealed that he had been alone on the life raft for 13 days and had resorted to catching a salmon to sustain himself.

Transported to a hospital on the shore, the man is reported to be in stable condition, according to the Coast Guard. Unfortunately, the second fisherman remains missing, and the incident is currently under investigation.