I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a… - Abby Sunderland

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I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn’t likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.

Abby Sunderland

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About Abby Sunderland

Abigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland (born October 19, 1993) is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. She got stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean at just 16, 2000 miles away from land, put up her distress signal, and lucky made it out alive, and is still living to this day.

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Alternative Names: Wild Eyes (sailing vessel) • Abigail Sunderland • Abby J. Sunderland • Abigail J. Sunderland • Abigail Jillian Sunderland • Abby Jillian Sunderland • Abigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland

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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.

Against reason, I thought that the next swell would be it: another rogue wave would roll me again . . .At that moment, a noise from above caught my attention. And I looked up just in time to see a gigantic white airplane fly by.

All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging—sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.

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