All 63 students and crew and faculty members taking part in a seagoing Canadian academic program are safe after their sailing ship capsized off the coast of Brazil, according to a statement released this morning by the Nova Scotia-based West Island College International–Class Afloat. The first-year college students and high-school students left Canada in September for a yearlong voyage. The group apparently spent the night in lifeboats before being rescued by the Brazilian navy. A retired professor from Acadia University, in Nova Scotia, was among those rescued, according to a report in The Toronto Star.
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2 Responses to Canadian Students at Sea Rescued Off Brazil
d_fevens - February 19, 2010 at 11:01 am
The Toronto Star report is erroneously reporting that Halifax Search and Rescue was involved in the rescue. A CBC report states merchant vessels in there area rescued the group from their lifeboats.Douglas Fevens,Halifax, Nova ScotiaThe University of Wisconsin, Google, & Me
nyhist - February 19, 2010 at 3:51 pm
this reminds me of the terrible loss of Pride of Baltimore I and all aboard (including some students) some years ago. It’s wonderful they were all rescued. Sailing ships can be dangerous.