What we see in this life can be a shock.... But then life is not just a cake walk folks... It is real and sometimes unpleasant and dangerious...

Date:   10/2/2005 8:12:46 PM ( 19 y ago)

After completing the Riot duty in Haiti, the FURSE proceeded north; back toward Charleston, SC...  We were headed north toward the Straights of Florida, and were off the Turks & Cacaos Islands, ...

 It was about noon time, we spotted a small boat, out on the high seas...  The weather was fair so at least the three people in the small row boat were not in imminent danger of being sunk...  Though there were sharks cruising in the near by waters... There were two men and one woman aboard the small craft...  we stopped close by and  lowered one of our Motorized whale boats, and brought them back to the ship...

They had been adrift for three days and had exhausted their few supplies of water... They had escaped from Cuba and had set out to cross into Key West {About 100 miles}, but had been swept out past the Gulf stream, which would have pushed them north into the Straights of Florida...  In stead they were lost drifting on the open sea...

We of course gave them aid, as they were very sun burned and faint...  We then contacted the U.S. Coast Guard to send out a Helo to take them to Puerto Rico; from there they would go to Florida... 

Just another day in life on the high seas... But if you can't help someone in need then what can you do friend...  It is the law of the sea to aid vessel in distress... I was proud to have been part of the rescue....   

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