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Student survives 16 hours adrift in ocean

Aspiring marine biologist Heather Barnes, 20, was snorkeling off Honduras when she was carried away by a current. It pushed her out to sea, where she drifted for 16 hours before the current carried her back. NBC’s Tamron Hall reports.

Aspiring marine biologist Heather Barnes, 20, was snorkeling off Honduras when she was carried away by a current. It pushed her out to sea, where she drifted for 16 hours before the current carried her back. NBC’s Tamron Hall reports.