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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 03:25 AM
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1. Confirmed by AFP
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/australia/missing-girl-sailor-found-safe-in-indian-ocean-1.639733

An American teenage solo sailor who went missing in rough Indian Ocean seas has been found safe and well with her damaged vessel, her father said on Friday.

Abby Sunderland, 16, was spotted by an Australian search plane after 0600 GMT on Friday, after she ran into trouble in a remote part of the ocean and triggered emergency beacons.

"She's fine, the boat's afloat and she's on it," Laurence Sunderland told Australia's public broadcaster ABC. "It's huge, fantastic, exciting news."...
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