[New post] Dennery Fisher Rescues Three Colleagues Stranded At Sea
Editorial Staff posted: "Dennery fisher Vernon Samuel and a partner set out to sea Thursday morning hoping to find three colleagues from the community reported missing since the previous day and was elated to find them. Samuel, who has also encountered mishaps at sea, recalled" St. Lucia Times
Dennery fisher Vernon Samuel and a partner set out to sea Thursday morning hoping to find three colleagues from the community reported missing since the previous day and was elated to find them.
Samuel, who has also encountered mishaps at sea, recalled heading out on his search and rescue mission at about 3:00 am on rough seas aboard his pirogue - 'Truth Is Truth'.
He told St Lucia Times about forty miles off Saint Lucia, he saw the missing men.
Samuel said the men had encountered engine problems.
Two of the three rescued fishermen (L to R) Captain Rudolph Emmanuel & Jerome Marcel
"The battery gave out on them, and they sailed the whole night until the morning. The engine couldn't start," he explained.
According to Samuel, the men had all the necessary safety gear, including - mobile telephones, GPS, and a compass.
He disclosed that when concerned family members raised the alarm at about 9:00 pm on Wednesday when the three men did not return from their fishing expedition.
"They all were on board their vessel just sailing, trying to see if someone would rescue them," Samuel told St Lucia Times.
"I felt so blessed when I saw these guys because while I was travelling on the sea I was feeling so crushed because I know what it is when you are out there," the veteran fisher stated.
He said he has been fishing since 2006 and has encountered engine problems at sea but used his VHS radio to contact the Marine Police.
However, Samuel said a friend rescued him.
"It's very difficult being out there. Sometimes the wind, the currents, everything changes on you in a moment and you're just there with no hope. And the tide was very, very strong last night," the Dennery resident recalled.
"The wind was blowing North, North-East. So if you are around 20 miles for the night, the next morning you would be all forty, fifty miles," Samuel noted.
"So it was a Godsend for these guys this morning. God had a hand, pretty much," he asserted.
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