Girl Lost at Sea

[lkdood]

Abby Sunderland, 16, who is attempting to become the youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe, was feared lost at sea today after her crew lost contact with her boat.

Jeff Casher, an engineer on Sunderland's support team, said two emergency beacons on her boat are now signaling she is in trouble.

Abby's mother, MaryAnne Sunderland, told ABC News that Abby manually activated two beacons around 6 a.m. Pacific Time Thursday.

A beacon designed to automatically go off when it contacts water had not been activated, she said.

Abby was in 20-25 foot waves at the time of last contact, with 35-knot winds, said MaryAnne Sunderland, who is due to give birth at the end of the month. She was shaken but focused on trying to get a rescue effort together.

The closest land to Abby's boat was Reunion Island, which is east of Madagascar. The nearest ship was 400 miles away. Rescuers were trying to contact the ship.

 

[DJANURADHA@mp3]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[prasadana2]

is she the australian one?

 

[jimpappaa]

Is she the one who travelled around the world????

 

[cdr52x]

Oops

 

[lkdood]

is she the australian one?

no

she's American, from California

 

[lkdood]

Is she the one who travelled around the world????

she was trying to do that

 

[Michael]

ohhh poor girl!!

 

[lkdood]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[ac2000]

ahhh

 

[lkdood]

Oops

 

[mdrc111]

ohhhh no

 

[prasadana2]

no

she's American, from California

oh.. she might have gone to the bermula trangle side or some thing..
poor kid..

 

[radeesh92]

ayiyoooo paw

 

[Hayao]

Hope they will find her

 

[Chooty malli]

තවමත් මේ ලමයව හොයාගෙන නෑ

 

[lkdood]

A 16-year-old US girl who ran into problems trying to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world has been rescued in the Indian Ocean.

Abby Sunderland was picked up by a French fishing vessel some 2,000 nautical miles off the Australian coast, maritime authorities said.

Her yacht, which has a broken mast, was spotted by an aerial search team in the southern Indian Ocean, midway between Australia and Africa, on Friday.
Rescuers say she is in good health.

The teenager had been stranded in mountainous seas since Thursday.
Laurence Sunderland, her father, said the family was "ecstatic that Abigail is in safe hands".

"She was in good spirits... She talked to her mother," he told reporters outside his home in California, the Associated Press reports.

BBC