Sailor: Shipmate died saving my life
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Sailors say Roger Stone stayed behind to get others to safety
The five survivors were found and airlifted to land around 2 a.m. Sunday
Safety officer Steve Conway: Sailors all "had a fierce will to live"
Steven Guy, a Texas A&M University sailor, said Roger Stone saved him and another sailor by helping them to safety.
"He is my hero," Guy said. "He saved me. If it wasn't for him, I would not be here."
The group never saw Stone after he pushed the two men out of a hatch in the boat, the mariners said. Stone, the boat's second safety officer, was found dead by the Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon.
The two men said they spent a day in open water after their vessel sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
The survivors -- four university students and a safety officer -- told the Coast Guard they were forced off their sailboat after it took on water and capsized early Saturday.
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