Man Survives 12 Days Adrift In Small Boat Off Hawaii

After spending 12 days surviving off raw fish while lost at sea, Hawaii fisherman Ron Ingraham, 67, had a simple request for the friends who gathered to greet him when the U.S. Coast Guard brought him home: Anybody got a cigarette?Jerusula Manaba and her husband, Dedric, friends of Ingraham, gave him a pack, a lei and an emergency position-indicating radio beacon — in case Ingraham goes missing again."Don't you do this to us again," Manaba told her friend.The meeting at Kaunakakai Harbor on Wednesday marked the end of a mystery for friends and family who had been planning a funeral for Ingraham this weekend.The Coast Guard had suspended its search for Ingraham more than a week ago."We are happy that he was found.

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