SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION: The French coast guard has rescued a Polish sailor in the Indian Ocean who says he spent seven months with only his cat for company in a broken-down boat. A handout photo released by the Societe National de Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM) on December 27, 2017 shows Polish sailor Zbigniew Reket (R) on his boat as he was being rescued on December 25 in the Indian Ocean.The French coast guard rescued a Polish sailor in the Indian Ocean who says he spent seven months with only his cat for company in a broken-down boat. The instruments on his boat had been smashed and the man had no means of communication, France’s SNSM coast guard service told AFP. Zbigniew Reket, a Polish sailor who was rescued on December 25 in the Indian Ocean by the French coast guard, sits in Le Port, on the French overseas island of La Reunion, on December 27, 2017.The French coast guard rescued the 54-year-old Polish sailor in the Indian Ocean who says he spent seven months with only his cat for company in a broken-down boat. The sailor drifted in the Indian Ocean before washing up on the Comoros Islands.

Source: New Strait Times December 27, 2017 15:56 UTC