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Yacht survivor meets his rescuer at IMO award ceremony

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6:19 AM Tue 30 Nov 2010 GMT
'Fijian seaman James Fanifau receives the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Top 2010 Bravery Award for his rescue of a yachtsman' . Click Here to view large photo
A 72 year-old survivor from a yacht that sank off Australia in appalling weather conditions last year, (see Sail-World story ) was reunited with his rescuer in an emotional ceremony held on last week at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Fijian James Fanifau had already been given a bravery award for the same rescue by the Fijian Government in September this year. Dr. Jerome Morgan, of the United States, was on hand to thank personally the Fijian seaman when the latter received, from IMO Secretary-General ...


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