Two days after Reza Baluchi embarked from Florida's Pompano Beach in his "hydro pod" on a deep-sea pursuit - to trace the Bermuda Triangle - the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter pulled him in Sunday.

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By Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post

An adventure runner trying to roll his way across the Atlantic Ocean in a blown-up bubble has been rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard - yet again - after failing to heed government warnings to abandon the 3,500-mile mission.

Two days after Reza Baluchi embarked from Florida's Pompano Beach in his "hydro pod" on a deep-sea pursuit - to trace the Bermuda Triangle - the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter pulled him in Sunday near Fort Pierce.

"This was an inherently unsafe voyage attempt that put the lives of Mr. Baluchi and other mariners in danger," Capt. Austin Gould, commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami, said in a statement. "This proposed adventure unnecessarily risked the lives of Mr. Baluchi, the maritime public, and our Coast Guard men and women.

"Additionally, the Coast Guard is obligated to ensure taxpayer money and resources are used efficiently and appropriately."

The Department of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard told Baluchi in a letter earlier this month that he was "not authorized to depart" because his homemade vessel and the trip he wanted to take in it were not safe.

"In November 2014, you attempted this voyage unsuccessful and ultimately placed an enormous financial burden on the taxpayers to conduct a rescue," Capt. A.J. Gould wrote in the April 15 letter. "Additionally, it placed Coast Guard personnel at risk."

Violating the order, Gould said, could be a crime resulting in up to seven years behind bars and a $40,000 fine.

In October 2014, Baluchi set out for his first Bermuda Triangle voyage - 1,000 miles to Bermuda, another 1,000 miles to Puerto Rico and then 1,000 miles back to his starting point in Florida. Three days in, the Coast Guard had to airlift him from his inflatable vessel about 70 miles from St. Augustine, Fla., after someone called about a disoriented man in a bubble who was near the Miami coast, asking how to get to Bermuda.

The Coast Guard released audio of its first exchange with Baluchi, who initially declined to disembark.

Coast Guard: "Based on this information, do you wish to stop your voyage and embark the Coast Guard vessel?"

Days later, Baluchi accepted the rescue offer - switching on his personal locating beacon and abandoning ship.

Officials later told Baluchi in a letter that he had wasted some $140,000 in taxpayer money.

"Moreover, you placed Coast Guard personnel at risk when they flew 70 miles offshore in the middle of the night to hoist you from the ocean," Admiral S.A. Buschman wrote last year.

Baluchi told the Sun-Sentinel on Friday that he was torn about a second attempt.

"I don't know what to do; I don't want to fight with the Coast Guard," Baluchi told the newspaper. "I want peace. I'm a lover, not a fighter."

Baluchi said he wanted to make the trip on his own, without asking for help from others.

"I don't want a boat to follow me," he said. "I know it's dangerous inside the ocean, I don't want to risk other people. It's my choice, my life."

Early Sunday morning, crews spotted Baluchi attempting to make the trek again, according to the Coast Guard statement. They stayed on the scene throughout the night until Baluchi agreed to quit.

"After speaking with the crew aboard the Gannet, Reza Baluchi agreed to end his voyage Bermuda and safely embarked the cutter," the Coast Guard said in its statement.

Baluchi, an Iranian exile, was granted asylum in the United States more than a decade ago after being arrested in Iran for so-called "pro-Western and anti-Islamic activities," according to the Associated Press.

He has made news in the past while trying to break long-distance running and cycling records, including one six-month run around America's perimeter and a seven-year bike ride across 55 countries on six continents.

Before his most recent Bermuda Triangle attempt, he told the told the Sun-Sentinel that he was upset the effort he had put into his mission may be wasted.

"I wanted to do something unique - show children that anything is possible if you want it," he said. "Why are they doing this to me? This is the freedom I have?"