Man hit by cyclone while rowing across Pacific Ocean rescued by Australian warship after being stranded for 3 days
Video of the operation showed a naval boat rescuing Mockus from his vessel in rough seas, then hoisting him onto the warship.
Rower Rescued After Getting Caught in Cyclone While Trying to Travel from U.S. to Australia
Aurimas Mockus was reportedly attempting to travel from San Diego to Brisbane when he got caught in Tropical Cyclone Alfred off the coast of Australia.
Man rowing from California to Australia rescued after cyclone leaves him stranded for 3 days (video)
An adventurous Lithuanian man trying to row a boat from California to Australia was rescued today by the Australian navy after a tropical cyclone blew him off course on Friday. After more than four months at sea,
Rescue Drama: Ship Trying to Save Ocean Rower From Cyclone
A week out from finishing his epic row across the Pacific, Aurimas Mockus has called for help when a cyclone hit. A rescue ship is hurrying to his location.
Australian Navy rescues adventurer stranded at sea for three days
An Australian warship on Monday rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who had encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California. Aurimas Mockus was taken aboard Royal Australian Navy landing ship HMAS Choules,
Rower caught in cyclone days from completing Pacific crossing
Lithuanian man picked up after becoming stranded in ‘highly unfavourable conditions’ during San Diego to Brisbane journey
Man rowing solo across Pacific rescued from cyclone days out from completing feat
Aurimas Mockus was close to completing his 7,500-mile journey from California to Queensland, but activated an emergency beacon after hitting a tropical cyclone.
Dramatic moment rower on 7,500-mile Pacific crossing from US to Aus is rescued from cyclone DAYS from finishing journey
THIS is the moment a rower was rescued by a warship after being battered by a cyclone on the final leg of a mammoth journey across the Pacific Ocean. Aurimas Mockus from Lithuania had been rowing
Australian navy rescues cross-Pacific rower from cyclone-tossed seas
Aurimas Mockus had been adrift for three days off the coast of Queensland after rowing nonstop from San Diego.
Rower rescued off Queensland coast after being caught in tropical cyclone
The Australian Navy rescued a Lithuanian rower caught in tropical cyclone Alfred during his solo venture crossing the Pacific Ocean. Aurimas Mockus, a 44-year-old adventurer, was 740km off the coast of Mackay in Central Queensland when he got caught in the path of the category one cyclone with winds gusting at 130kmph.
Rower rescued days before completing trans-Pacific feat
An adventurer who tried to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued just days before he reached his final destination.
Australian navy rescues adventurer who hit a cyclone while rowing across the Pacific Ocean
An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the ...
VIDEO: Aurimas Mockus was rescued in the Coral Sea this morning.
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