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Terrifying boat accident turns tournament fisherman into a boat safety spokesperson

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video. He says watching the video doesn't make him afraid of boating but proves how his safety checks saved him and convinced him to be the spokesperson for the 2023 Safe Boating Week Campaign.Hunter Bland was 21 and said he felt invincible on a January morning during a college bass fishing tournament.

He and his partner completed all the safety checks and were heading across the water, going 50 to 55 mph. When they were 2 miles out, his boat’s hydraulic steering blew."So it was definitely a horrific incident, and it was life-changing, to be honest with you," Bland told FOX Weather on Monday. "I was completely ejected from the boat, but that was my motivation, and that sparked my passion to make sure to keep the waterways safer."Both he and his partner were thrown into the water.

The video above shows just how fast that happened. He remembers being in the water and looking up at his boat."The boat does an absolute violent turn, so I can read the side of my wrap coming back over the top of my head," he recalls on the National Save Boating Council’s video. "I'm actually caught up underneath the boat, so I hit my head twice, and the third (time), I thought, ‘Well this is it, or I’m able to get out.’"He struggled to get back to the surface, where he found his partner.

They clung to each other and finally made it back to the boat.He said the safety precautions they took, and the pre-trip checks were the difference between life and death.Boat safety tips. (Credit: FOX Weather) "I did everything in my power right," he said. "And now I’m even taking further precautions."He wasn’t afraid to get back in the water.

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