P-305 tragedy: 25-year-old jumped off sinking barge, spent 15 hours in sea
Express News Service KOZHIKODE: Agnel V Varkey, 25, believes he is still alive only because of God’s mercy. After jumping into the Arabian Sea from the ill-fated barge off Mumbai coast on May 17, he was praying mostly during his 15-hour ordeal in the sea. A native of Chembanoda, Kozhikode, he was among the 186 people rescued by the Indian Navy after the barge, P-305, was caught in Cyclone Tauktae and sank around 70km off coast. “I confronted death many times in the rough sea. Though I had reached near the INS’s rescue ship more than six times, huge waves swept me away. I stayed afloat ...
Source: newindianexpress.com