Ship from which sailor fell overboard finds him crying out for help in dead of night more than 100 miles off Cyprus
A sailor was rescued unharmed from the dark waters of the eastern Mediterranean early on Sunday nearly five hours after falling off a commercial ship.
Cypriot authorities said the 24-year-old Lebanese national needed no medical attention after the Nivin, the Panamanian-flagged vehicles carrier from which he had fallen 18 metres (60ft) into the water, plucked him from the sea.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/18/sailor-rescued-in-dark-five-hours-after-falling-into-mediterranean
Author : Associated Press
Publish date : 2024-08-18 11:46:32
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