You never heard of her before today, but she was someone to admire before today. A girl who is braver far than most of the general officers in the United States military establishment. She also has more sailing ability than most sailors twice her age. Knowing that the ocean neither hates nor loves her, and aware of the danger, she set out in January to circumnavigate the globe in a sailing vessel.
Alone.
At 16 years of age.
After her 17 year-old brother did it.
Their father is unsurprisingly a shipwright.
Some call it child abuse and/or endangerment to let her go.
Some say it is reckless self-endangerment for her to go.
Some say her bravery is admirable and the first to two sorts are cowards.
Her last communication was that she was in high winds and heavy seas. The nearest commercial ship was 400 miles away. When the nearest land is Reunion Island, you are well and truly in the middle of nowhere. I hope she merely lost her communications gear. The last I have heard, the beacon that signals her boat is underwater had not yet gone off.
Christians, please pray for Abby Sunderland.
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