Lynn Rival Pirate Attack
We have just heard that friends of ours, Rachel and Paul Chandler, have been captured by pirates just out of the Seychelles. We met Rachel and Paul in Cochin, and had good times there together. Afterwards we were supposed to meet again in Chagos, but due to family obligations they had to change plans and went straight from the Maldives to the Seychelles, where they flew back to England. When they left the Seychelles for Tanzania at the end of October, they only got one day out before being attacked and kidnapped. Now they are on another hijacked ship off the Somali coast, and the pirates have demanded $7 million for their safe return. The only bright spot is that in the past pirates have returned hostages safely after receiving ransom money.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Rachel and Paul and their family.
A picture of Lynn Rival hauled out in Cochin.
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