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If he had silently sneaked off the ship, would someone have noticed? How long would it take for anyone to notice that a ship without power and crewed by just 1
by dilippkumar 5y ago
If he had silently sneaked off the ship, would someone have noticed? How long would it take for anyone to notice that a ship without power and crewed by just 1 person was actually abandoned?
- notJim 5y agoI was wondering about this. My guess (just a guess) was that since he wants to still work in this industry, he was afraid that abandoning the ship would hurt his career? Either that, or he's just an incredibly responsible person.
- bluescrn 5y agoIf you’ve been unjustly imprisoned for several years, you probably don’t worry too much about your career?
- Gabriel_Martin 5y agoI found the last line almost unbelievable "It's enough, you might imagine, to make him think twice about going back to sea. But he is determined. He says he is good at his job and wants nothing more than to pick up where he left off."
- quickthrower2 5y ago“Final question. give me an example of a situation where...”
- javert 5y agoEver heard of graduate school?
- kevingadd 5y agoThe big problem would have likely been how to get home without drawing the attention of the local authorities. EDIT: Apparently his passport may have been confiscated.
- Alupis 5y agoFrom the article, he did sneak off the ship routinely after it ran aground some years later. He would sneak off, buy food and recharge his phone, then return to the ship for some bizarre reason.
- vaidhy 5y agoI believe he was allowed to go to shore. Unfortunately, the closest place is a restricted military area and he was only allowed to stay for 2 hours each visit. He cannot even sneak off as he is getting into a military base for food, water and power. If it has been a civilian area, he could have just stayed on the land. It is a sad state of affairs, whichever way you look at it.
- neaden 5y agoThey had his passport, so it would have been difficult for him to leave and risking arrest by either the Egyptian or Syrian police.
- codezero 5y agoThat region is experiencing a lot of chaos and I'd say that being alone on a ship is a lot safer than being alone with no passport and wanted by the law.
- sdenton4 5y agoSeems like a good reason to get in touch with your home country's embassy/consulate...
- qz_ 5y agoNot if you're from Syria.
- true_religion 5y agoWhy not? Syria does have an embassy in Cairo.
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