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A man in Copenhagen set off a real-life rescue-at-sea mission while playing with toy ships in his bathtub, a newspaper reported.
The intoxicated 52-year-old called in repeated Mayday alarms to the Maritime Sea Rescue Command as he piloted his water toys, claiming he was captain of a 12-crew freighter in distress.
Giving a position west of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, which belongs to Denmark, he said his vessel was listing 45 degrees and that one crew member had been washed overboard.
The authorities rushed two rescue vessels to search the area for 1 1/2 hours.
But police eventually traced the calls to the man’s home.
He faced fines and compensation claims of $1,400.
