Two sailors rescued after months lost at sea are back on land
Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava were trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti when their boat's engine broke down. A US Navy ship rescued them and Appel's two dogs last week, after they had been drifting for five months.
Two American sailors and their dogs were rescued by a US navy ship on October 25. On Monday they arrived at a US base in Japan.
Two sailors with their two dogs, who were rescued after five months at sea, have arrived at a US base in Japan's Okinawa prefecture.
The women were attempting to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti with their dogs when their boat's engine broke down.
They drifted thousands of kilometres (miles) in the wrong direction, but managed to survive since they had stocked two water purifiers and enough food on board.
A Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted the boat on October 24, 1,400 kilometres (900 miles) southeast of Japan.
The USS Ashland picked them up on October 25.
TRT World's Francis Collings has their story.
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