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In her latest blog post from the French fishing ship Ile de la Reunion, Abby Sunderland said she's in awe of the efforts undertaken to rescue her in the southern Indian Ocean.
Everyone on board has been really friendly. They have come a long way out of their way to help me and I am so thankful that they did. My mom has told me about all that the different rescue groups did to help find me. So thank you to all of you. I had only hoped that a ship would pass by me within a few weeks. I am really in awe. Thank you to everyone involved.The captain is a big, friendly, bald guy with a big beard. He speaks English pretty well and he says, "Is no good to worry about the boat. Is just a boat, you is safe. You should not think about the past." Which is true, but its [sic] hard to keep my mind off everything that's happened.
Her blog's moderator said 12,000 comments have come in the past three days. Sunderland, 16, was taken aboard the Ile de la Reunion off her disabled sailboat, Wild Eyes, on Friday. She was attempting to sail solo around the world from Marina del Rey.