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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

No fuel, no mast, no water: Rescued sailors describe ordeal

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two men who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean for 10 days after a storm hit their sailboat off North Carolina thanked the crew of the tanker that rescued them and said they were lucky to have survived.

“By some bizarre chance” a crew member of the Silver Muna happened to spot the sailboat off the coast of Delaware on Tuesday even though it was “a toothpick” compared to the tanker, rescued sailor Kevin Hyde said at a news conference Wednesday.

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