Starving and stranded in a war zone: The sailors living in fear of death in the Strait of Hormuz
- “Our ship has safely crossed”, Herambh Karmarkar wrote in a message to his family as his vessel left the Strait of Hormuz.
- It was the last text that the 30-year-old marine engineer would ever send.
- Hours later, he was killed in an Iranian strike on his ship, the Cyprus-flagged GFS Galaxy,as it passed by the coast of Oman on Sunday.
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- “Our ship has safely crossed”, Herambh Karmarkar wrote in a message to his family as his vessel left the Strait of Hormuz.
- It was the last text that the 30-year-old marine engineer would ever send.
- Hours later, he was killed in an Iranian strike on his ship, the Cyprus-flagged GFS Galaxy,as it passed by the coast of Oman on Sunday.
Sources: The Independent