French man who wants to cross the Atlantic in rowboat missing
A 75-year-old French man, Jean-Jacques Savin who set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in a specialised rowboat goes missing.
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A 75-year-old French man, Jean-Jacques Savin who set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in a specialised rowboat goes missing.
Jean-Jacques Savin activated distress beacons Thursday night into Friday morning, his team said.
Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, activated distress beacons on Thursday and Friday, his team said. On Saturday, the Portuguese Navy found his boat, but not his body, near the Azores.
Portuguese authorities found Jean-Jacques Savin’s specialized rowboat overturned Friday. His body has yet to be recovered.
Jean-Jacques Savin's team originally said his body has been recovered, but Portuguese authorities said "there has been some confusion," and his daughter later confirmed that his body has not been found.