They next day, officers tried again, but this time Mr. Baluchi showed them two knives, again threatening to kill himself. It was two days before officers — who had tried to deliver food, water and news of the approaching hurricane to Mr. Baluchi — were finally able to coax him from his floating wheel. Neither Mr. Baluchi, a former professional cyclist who was born in Iran and was granted asylum in the United States, nor his lawyer could immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday evening. According to court documents, the voyage was Mr. Baluchi’s fourth attempt in a decade at traveling on the ocean in a homemade contraption. Each time, the Coast Guard ultimately intervened, according to court records.

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Persons: Baluchi, —, Baluchi —, Baluchi’s Organizations: Coast Guard, Southern, Southern District of, Justice Locations: Tybee, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Miami, Miami Beach, Iran, United States