Languages: English and some Welsh. The popular TikTok user known as "Lieutenant Dan" has survived Hurricane Milton's landfall after he refused to evacuate his boat in Tampa Bay, Florida.

The man known as Lt. Dan, whose determination to ride out Hurricane Milton in a sailboat earned him Internet fame, has been arrested in Florida, according to police. Joe Malinowski remained in ...

Lieutenant Dan’s decision to “ride out” the storm on his boat came after the National Hurricane Center cautioned that Milton’s storm surge could inundate Tampa with 10-15 feet of water.

has yet to hunker down in a shelter ahead of Hurricane Milton. During Tampa Mayor Jane Castor’s final press conference ahead of the storm, she said that Tampa’s Lt. Dan was rescued on ...

Joseph Malinowski, a 54-year-old Tampa resident known locally as "Lieutenant Dan," weathered Hurricane Milton aboard his small sailboat in Tampa Bay early Thursday morning. Despite the Category 3 ...

Magazine and Reach PLC magazines. Spencer Platt/Getty A Tampa man nicknamed “Lieutenant Dan” is safe after riding out Hurricane Milton in his sailboat. In videos shared by journalists on X ...

(WFLA) — A Tampa man who goes by the nickname “Lt. Dan” has caused a flurry of online concern for his safety during Hurricane Milton. Lt. Dan, whose real name is Joseph Malinowski ...

Dan” and who went viral on social media for refusing to evacuate his boat ahead of Hurricane Milton has survived the storm. NewsNation’s Brian Entin went to check on him late Wednesday night ...

After their encounter, Concannon compared Malinowski with Forrest Gump’s Lieutenant Dan, a veteran amputee whose shrimp boat was the only vessel to miraculously make it out of “Hurricane ...

TAMPA, Fla. — 54-year-old Joseph Malinowski, who has been dubbed “Lieutenant Dan” on social media, has survived record-breaking Hurricane Milton on his 20-foot sailboat. Malinowski ...