IT was eight o'clock on a Saturday morning and the blue-gray sky hung heavy over the swelling Red Sea. Kim Johansen, a 60-year-old Dane, was already so exhausted after nine hours of battling the unforgiving waves. His sails had long been blown off by the winds and clinging to dear life was almost made impossible by his rolling boat.
Photo shows Danish Kim Johansen being lifted by the crew of MT Riviera II led by Filipino captain Joey Gregorio, after drifting in open waters. PHOTO by Capt. Joey Gregorio
The vessel nearest him took more than two hours to get to his location but was unsuccessful in plucking him off the sea. They said another ship was coming to save him. That was an hour ago.