A one-legged Florida man who has gained notoriety for deciding to ride out Hurricane Milton from inside his sailboat has opened up about his wild night at sea.
Joseph Malinowski, better known online as Lieutenant Dan, has refused to obey evacuation orders in Tampa Bay, even as the chief of police told him they have ‘nine shelters that are open.’
And even though Tampa Bay Mayor Jane Castor claimed at her final press conference ahead of the storm that officers got him to seek shelter, Malinowski kept to his guns.
He was seen sticking his head out of the boat at around 11pm as he insisted to NewsNation reporter Brian Entin that he was ‘fine,’ and posted his own TikTok earlier in the night detailing how he and his boat were holding up as the storm started to hit.
‘They’re saying the storm is still about an hour and a half out, and if that’s the …