It's been over four decades since Steve Callahan was left stranded at sea - in a life raft - for 76 days after his sailboat collided with a whale on the Atlantic Ocean. He's gained back the extreme weight he lost, re-married and gotten back on the water after the harrowing and incredible test of survival. But his life has very much been split into before and after. 'Since this happened in 1982, it's never left me,' he told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.
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