Sharks and lost hope: 2 women rescued after 5 months at sea

 

October 27, 2017



HONOLULU (AP) — Their engine was crippled, their mast was damaged, and things went downhill from there for two women who set out to sail the 2,700 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti.

As their 50-foot sailboat drifted helplessly in the middle of the Pacific for months, their water purifier conked out, sharks started ramming their vessel, and their distress calls and signal flares went unanswered day after day.

Some nights they went to sleep wondering if they would live to see the sun rise.

Then their fortunes changed on Tuesday: Five and a half months after Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava embarke...



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