“No savior for the saviors”
On the occasion of World Maritime Day, September 27,
Capt Viraf Kekobad relives the ordeal to bring home on
the M. V. Safeer 722 Indians stranded in Kuwait
The morning call from the agent in Kuwait came earlier than usual. "I’m looking out of my window. I see a lot of soldiers. Looks like some army exhibition. Then the line was cut.” Based in Bombay Capt Viraf Kekobad recalled that fateful morning of August 2, 1990 when M.V. (motor vessel) Safeer jointly owned by him, the late Capt Ibrahim Modak and another had berthed in Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port. Kekobad switched on the television to learn that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had just invaded his oil rich Gulf neighbor. "So began 37 days of hell,” said Kekobad.
Capts Viraf......
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