A Long Beach man who was knocked off a rented jet ski spent about 16 hours stranded at sea before the U.S. Coast Guard rescued him near Seal Beach earlier this week.
Paul Carbullido Jr. said he began to fear he would not survive as he waited overnight for rescuers to find him.
“I was telling myself, ‘What’s the best way to die? Should I just drown? Should I just bite myself? Bleed? Let something eat me?’ I was really nervous. I was really scared,” Carbullido said…