Ms. Appel and Ms. Fuiaba at first believed they could get to their destination using only the boat’s sails. “It was very depressing and very hopeless,” Ms. Appel said. By that point, Ms. Appel’s mobile phone had fallen overboard. A Coast Guard search-and-rescue mission turned up empty, but Ms. Appel’s mother still believed her daughter would return. “They saved our lives,” Ms. Appel said in the Navy statement.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 20:41 UTC