How two women and two dogs - survived five months of Hurrowing lost at sea
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Last May, Residents of HonoluluJennifer call andTasha fuava Travel on a 50 feet sailboat of Hawaii in Tahiti with their dogs, Zeus and Valentine's Day. The epic adventure, however, took a perilous turn a month, when their engine failed due to floods of a storm. Lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they started making distress calls and sending flare signals, but they were too far away from other ships or other banks for anyone to see or hear. They started floating without purpose through the vast ocean, surrounded by just water and endless horizon, not knowing where they were or already reached land.
Twice, they were attacked by sharks, who pounded thoroughly on their boat. On one occasion, a 30-foot tiger shark group decided to use the ship as a target for hunting. In another case, their water purifier broke and they were at their last gallon of water before appeal managed to repair it.
US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay / Libéré
Finally, Tuesday, they were spotted by a Taiwanese fishing boat and finally saved. They were 900 km south of Japan and thousands of kilometers from their planned destination, Tahiti. At that time, they had been lost at sea for nearly 5 months.
The fishing crew contacted the American Coast Guard in Guam and the two women, as well as their dogs, boarded theUSS Ashland, a listening vessel amphibious amphibious amphibious 610 feet long, Wednesday.
US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay / Libéré
"The pride and smiles we had when we saw [the ship] on the horizon was pure relief," Callsaid in the United States today.
Addressing journalists in a teleconference arranged aboard the ship of the Navy, women seemed healthy and suitable, as if they had come to run an exhausting marathon rather than survive almost certain death months. Dogs seemed to be healthy and excellent minds.
US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay / Libéré
US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay / Libéré
So, how did they survive? Call credited with good preparation; They had enough pasta, rice and oatmeal to last a year. Nevertheless, there were times when they thought they would not do it.
"There is a real humility to wonder if today is your last day, if tonight is your last night," callRecountThe Chicago Tribune.
For these moments of total despair, it was the dogs that obtained them.
To a certain extent, in fact, their incredible story testifies to the power of positive thinking. Faced with the worst possible circumstances, friends have decided to make the most of them, learn as much as they could on the ocean and take its beauty, knowing that every sunset could be their last.
"[Experience] was incredibly depressing," said appeal. "And it was very desperate, but it's the only thing you can do, then you do what you can with what you have. You have no choice."
"You can use the time you need to do something beneficial," Fuava said.
Despite their heartbreaking test, the two sailors say they all intention to correct their boat, which has been left to drift after the navy judged "to dream" and uses it to return to Honolulu. After all, you only live once.
"Well, you have to die from time to time," said Call. "You can also do something you like when you do it, right?"
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