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US teen sailor reunited with brother after drama (AP)

June 26th, 2010

Zac Sunderland, from California, right who sailed around the world at age 17, meets his sister Abby Sunderland, 16, on the French fisheries patrol boat 'Osiris', Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the Reunion island, a French oversea territory in the Indian Ocean. Zac is coming to pick up his sister Abby Sunderland who was rescued by a French fishing boat after her boat became crippled by storms while trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and nonstop.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland has been reunited with her brother, after her solo around-the-world journey ended when her boat fell apart in an southern Ocean storm.


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Brother braces to greet US teen sailor (AP)

June 25th, 2010

Zac Sunderland, from California, who sailed around the world at age 17, arrives at Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the Reunion island, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Zac comes to pick up his sister Abby Sunderland who was rescued by a French fishing boat after her boat became crippled by storms while trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and nonstop. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - A brother of the 16-year-old Californian sailor rescued in the Indian Ocean after her boat capsized says he’s eager to greet Abby Sunderland as she comes back to…

AP Interview: US teen sailor unfazed by ordeal (AP)

June 15th, 2010

American teenage sailor Abby Sunderland, seen here arriving at Port-aux-Francais on the island of Kerguelen in the French Southern and antarctic lands three days after she was rescued from her dismasted yacht in the Indian Ocean told AFP on Tuesday that she knew the dangers before setting out to sail around the world.(AFP/Loic Bourc'his)AP - The 16-year-old California girl whose dream of sailing solo around the world was dashed by a massive wave that snapped her mast says she still loves sailing and…

CA teen sailor healthy, weary after 3 days adrift (AP)

June 12th, 2010

FILE - In a, Jan 23, 2010 file photo , Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif.Sunderland who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog/file)AP - A California teenager who spent three days adrift on the turbulent Indian Ocean described her ordeal as “crazy” as she started a long journey home aboard a French…

Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean (AP)

June 11th, 2010

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 picture, Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif. Rescuers searched Thursday, June 10, 2010 for her somewhere between Africa and Australia. He says emergency beacons were activated overnight and there has been a loss of communication. She was feared in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)AP - A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean…

Teen sailor found alive and well in Indian Ocean (AP)

June 11th, 2010

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 picture, Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif. Rescuers searched Thursday, June 10, 2010 for her somewhere between Africa and Australia. He says emergency beacons were activated overnight and there has been a loss of communication. She was feared in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)AP - A 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian…

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