‘Lieutenant Dan,’ Tampa TikTok Star Who Refused to Evacuate, Has Survived Hurricane Milton

Lieutenant Dan, the TikTok star who refused to evacuate from his sailboat in Tampa Bay Harbor, has survived Hurricane Milton.

The 54-year-old, real name is Joseph Malinowski, became an online sensation for his flat-out rejection of advice to leave the area in recent days—even when it looked like Tampa would suffer a catastrophic direct hit by the storm. Milton turned south in the hours before making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night in Siesta Key, around 70 miles south of Tampa.

Kevin O’Donnell, a reporter with Tampa Bay’s WTVT, posted a video late Wednesday speaking to Malinowski at his boat. “Was it as bad as you thought?” O’Donnell asks in the footage. “No,” Malinowski answers.

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