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3 days after the first call
Indian navigator Abhilash Tomy, 39, was rescued after the French ship Osiris – an old Somali pirate ship converted for fisheries surveillance – took it on Monday morning, 72 hours after he first called for help. 'emergency.
French ship Osiris, who rescued Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy.
TAKEN IN A GREAT STORM
Terrifying 14-meter waves off the west coast of Australia had broken her "Thuriya" boat. He was broken violently against his brim, which almost paralyzed him with serious back injuries.
SURVIVE ON ICED TEA WOOD
Tomy had suffered so much that he could not move enough to operate his boat's desalination unit. He survived with boxes of iced tea and rations. [On Monday, he was administered a heavy dose of pain killers after a meal and his first drink of fresh water in nearly three days].
LAUNCH OF THE RESCUE MISSION
The crew of Osiris launched a canoe with a small team and a stretcher. Above the head, an Indian navy, the P-8, was watching. The plane had sent its first images of the ship capsized Sunday.
ORDER IS SAVED
The boat reached "Thuriya", opened a pre-decided hatch and recovered Tomy. He was placed on a stretcher and moved to the waiting "Osiris".
HOW DOES IT DO?
Dehydrated, weak and suffering tirelessly for nearly 72 hours, Commander Abhilash Tomy could not help smiling, as he was rescued early in the morning, local time, in one of the most hostile parts of the Indian Ocean. The 39-year-old officer had to leave the Golden Globe race after being caught in a storm.
Nearly three days later, the ordeal of pain and uncertainty has finally come to an end, although it will still be several days before Tomy returns home. India and Australia both responded by sending warships at the speed of the accident.
It was really a plan B
The rescue of Osiris today was, in fact, a plan B. Tomy 's closest Thuriya ship was a coracer, the Irish Gregor McGuckin.
Unfortunately, McGuckin's boat suffered the same fate, weakening her progress. Choosing to stay on the scene and help coordinate the information rather than asking for an immediate assessment, the sailor used a VHF radio to keep in touch with Tomy, helping to transmit the messages to the Australian Command Center and his warship HMAS Ballarat. . McGuckin was also taken over by Osiris shortly after Tomy.
WHAT'S IN HIS BOAT?
With the top priority given to Tomy's safety, we still do not know what will become of the sailor's beloved boat, a boat that has been his home and that has kept him safe for weeks.
OFF IN AMSTERDAM
Osiris will drop Tomy to Amsterdam Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean. The Indian naval frigate, INS Satpura, will pick it up Friday in Mauritius, from where it will be flown to Kochi.
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