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icon9.gif Brody's Notes... 16 Year-Old Sailor Feared Lost At Sea  [message #62644] Thu, 10 June 2010 19:22 Go to next message
Brody Levesque is currently offline  Brody Levesque

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By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) June 10 | Rescuers searched Thursday for a 16-year-old Southern California girl who was attempting a solo sail around the world.

Family spokesman Christian Pinkston said the search began for Abby Sunderland somewhere between Africa and Australia. He says her 2 emergency beacons activated overnight [Wednesday] and there has been a loss of communication.

She was feared in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean.

More Here at ABCNews.com [http://abcnews.go.com/2020/abby-sunderland-possibly-lost-sea/story?id=10877108 ]

Abby Sunderland Photo By Gallo Images A Getty Images Contributor
Re: Brody's Notes... 16 Year-Old Sailor Feared Lost At Sea  [message #62645 is a reply to message #62644] Thu, 10 June 2010 21:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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A real tragedy if they don't find this young lady.

We all hail the bravery of these young people who only want a challenge in life and the opportunity to overcome it. Success for Abby Sunderland could not be achieved without some risk and I certainly hope her family did a careful analysis of the danger.

This is still developing :-/


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Re: Brody's Notes... 16 Year-Old Sailor Feared Lost At Sea  [message #62647 is a reply to message #62645] Thu, 10 June 2010 23:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I am sure Jessica Watson (the 16 y/o Quensland girl who just completed such a trip) will be feeling for her .
As her parents said before her departure "How do you tell her you won't let her do it?" (to fullfill a dream)
It's the same question we all face as parents on a much smaller scale.

Aussie

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icon7.gif THEY FOUND HER!!! THEY FOUND HER!!!  [message #62650 is a reply to message #62644] Fri, 11 June 2010 10:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10291246.stm
icon6.gif French Fishing Boat Rescues Stranded Calif. Teen  [message #62659 is a reply to message #62644] Sat, 12 June 2010 14:11 Go to previous message
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BLNS- WASHINGTON- JUN12 | A French fishing vessel rescued a California teenager Saturday from her crippled sailboat in the turbulent southern Indian Ocean, bringing relief to her family but ending her around-the-world sailing effort.

Laurence Sunderland, the father of 16-year-old Abby Sunderland, told reporters outside his home that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority had contacted him to confirm the rescue more than 2,000 miles from the western Australia coast. Her boat abandoned, she'll spend at least a week on a series of boats headed for Reunion Island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

The Australian Authority said the French ship Ile De La Reunion brought Sunderland on board from her stricken craft Saturday afternoon at the site (about 2:45 a.m. PDT).

"She got out of her vessel with the clothes on her back, and we are just really excited and ecstatic that Abigail is in safe hands," he said. "She was in good spirits ... She talked to her mother."

"It was incredible to hear her and to hear she was still in good spirits," Mary Anne Sunderland said later on NBC's "Today" show.

The Australian maritime authority did not say how much the rescue mission would cost but said it would not be seeking compensation for the search, which initially fell just outside of Australia's search and rescue region. It was not immediately clear if the French vessel would seek compensation.
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