Houston Chronicle, March 6, 2007 GALVESTON - Melquisedec Acevedo spent his 13th birthday clinging to the bow of a submerged vessel near the floating bodies of two fishing companions. The boy waited about 28 hours in the frigid Gulf waters before a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter discovered him Monday, Chief Warrant Officer Adam Wine said. A fourth person remained missing late Monday as the search continued for the final boater, last seen swimming toward one of a half-dozen oil rigs visible from the where the boat sank Sunday about 10 miles south of Galveston Island, Wine said. A rescue helicopter discovered the boy clinging to the boat about 2 p.m. Monday and rushed him to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was in serious condition, hospital spokesman John Koloen said. (This story appeared in multiple newspapers and television reports across the state).