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A 49-year-old American woman has been rescued after spending 19 hours in the sea after a wave flipped her out of her canoe.

Canoeists put their lives at riskLillian Simpson, of Juneau, Alaska, said she held onto a water container to keep her afloat during her ordeal in the choppy ocean waters.

The incident happened a mile off the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Ms Simpson told the Maui News she also wrapped her bathing suit top around her head to keep warm after sunset.

A fishing charter boat spotted her in the water, dehydrated and sunburned. She was treated at a hospital and released.



"The times I thought 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die' I would say, 'No, I have three kids and you're not taking me anywhere'," she said.

According to the National Weather Service, a buoy near where Ms Simpson was floating registered an average water temperature of 27C (80F).

Ms Simpson had been canoeing alone and paddled out to some tour boats to distribute invitations to a fundraiser for a documentary on youths and drugs.

She said she was already tired from the effort when strong winds flipped her canoe.

She called to a nearby charter boat for help, but it left her alone in the Pacific.

She tried for hours to right the canoe before giving up, she added.