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Finding himself all alone — as\u00a0if he had\u00a0missed\u00a0the “rapture” — U.S. tourist Ian Cole found himself left behind in the middle of a very large ocean.<\/p>\n

The vacationer says he\u00a0fought off panic when an Australian tour boat company accidentally left him stranded near the Great Barrier Reef in his\u00a0snorkeling\u00a0gear.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Cole says he grew frightened when he surfaced and realized the Passions of Paradise<\/em> tour boat was gone last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Since American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan disappeared after being left behind by a boat in nearby Port Douglas in the 1990s, tour companies have followed strict head count rules.<\/p>\n

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