Watch: Australian man and his dog finally rescued after nearly three months at sea, this was his reaction

An Australian man has been rescued along with his dog in the Pacific Ocean after spending almost three months at sea. Timothy Shaddock, 54, set sail from Mexico to complete a near 4,000-mile journey to French Polynesia, before a storm damaged his now battered catamaran.

He was found by a helicopter pilot who was circling 1,200 miles out at sea, looking for tuna. The dog, named Bella, had started following Shaddock before he had left Mexico: “[Bella] just kept following me onto the water... She’s a beautiful animal, I’m just grateful she’s alive. She’s a lot braver than I am, that’s for sure”, he said.