The search for a fisherman lost at sea was called off. 2 days later, he was found alive and adrift in a life raft after spending 13 days at sea.

• A man believed to be lost at sea was discovered two days after the Coast Guard stopped searching.
• Two fisherman disappeared in mid-October off the coast of Washington State.

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.

Two men traveling on the 43-foot vessel left Westport in Grays Harbor County on October 12, according to local outlet King 5 News. The fishing boat and its two inhabitants were supposed to return three days later on October 15 but never did, the Coast Guard said in an update earlier this week.

Ten days after the boat was supposed to return to shore, the Coast Guard announced it was calling off its search for the missing vessel, saying its crews searched over 14,000 square miles for more than eight hours.

"Our sincerest condolences go out to the family of the missing people during this difficult time," the agency tweeted earlier this week.

But on Thursday, a group of "good Samaritans" spotted one of the missing men adrift in a life raft about 70 miles from Cape Flattery in the northwest corner of Washington, according to a Coast Guard update.

"I saw what looked like a life raft in the distance and ran inside and put the binoculars on him and then he shot off a flare," Ryan Planes, one of the rescuers, told King 5.

"We pulled him on board. He gave me a big hug and it was emotional," Planes' uncle, John, told the outlet.

The rescuers said the missing fisherman told them he had been alone on the raft for 13 days and eventually ran out of food and water. He was able to survive, he told the men, by catching a salmon to eat.

"We made him breakfast. He drank three bottles of water. He was pretty hungry, poor guy," John told King 5.

The man was transported to a hospital on the shore and is in stable condition, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

The second fisherman originally aboard the boat is still missing, according to the Coast Guard. The incident remains under investigation.