The commercial lobster diver who made headlines as a modern-day Jonah when he escaped the mouth of a whale last Friday has also lived through another classic survival scenario.
Michael Packard, 56, survived a plane crash 20 years ago that left three dead and stranded five passengers in a jungle in Costa Rica, according to an Associated Press article published at the time.
Packard has fished recreationally in Costa Rica since 1990 and launched his own business, Mar Huron Sportfishing, in 1998. Packard splits his time between Cape Cod and Costa Rica, diving for lobster off the coast of
