PICS: Miraculous Escape of Fisherman Kanu in a Dramatic Mid Sea Rescue Operation
With life jacket tied around his waist, Rabindranath Das (Kanu) – a fisherman from Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district - not only braved rough sea but also kept himself alive by drinking rainwater for five days after his fishing trawler MV Nayan he was travelling capsized on July 6. On July 10, in a dramatic mid-sea operation Rabindranath Das was rescued by a Bangladeshi vessel MV Jawad near Chittagong under the supervision of its Captain SM Nasir Uddin. MV Jawad was carrying 25,000 tonnes of Cargo from the port of Dhamra in Odisha to Chittagong in Bangladesh.
With life jacket tied around his waist, Rabindranath Das (Kanu) – a fisherman from Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district - not only braved rough sea but also kept himself alive by drinking rainwater for five days after his fishing trawler MV Nayan he was travelling capsized on July 6. (Image: Special Arrangement)
On July 10, in a dramatic mid-sea operation, Rabindranath Das was rescued by a Bangladeshi vessel MV Jawad near Chittagong under the supervision of its Captain SM Nasir Uddin. (Image: Special Arrangement)
MV Jawad was carrying 25,000 tonnes of cargo from the port of Dhamra in Odisha to Chittagong in Bangladesh. (Image: Special Arrangement)
Rabindranath Das being rescued by a Bangladeshi vessel MV Jawad during a dramatic mid-sea operation. (Image: Special Arrangement)
Das and his nephew Swapan were floating together for nearly three hours before he was rescued on July 10. (Image: Special Arrangement)
Das, a resident of Narayanpur area in Kakdwip in South 24-Parganas district, was on board trawler MV Nayan along with 14 other persons. (Image: Special Arrangement)
Rabindranath Das being rescued by a Bangladeshi vessel MV Jawad during a dramatic mid-sea operation. (Image: Special Arrangement)
After being rescued, Rabindranath was admitted at Chittagong hospital in Bangladesh. (Image: Special Arrangement)
On July 13 with the help of Indian High Commission, he was sent to his home in West Bengal. (Image: Special Arrangement)
Since then (July 13) he was admitted at Kakdwip Super Specialty Hospital. (Image: Special Arrangement)
He said, “During nights, I was attacked by fishes, crabs and some kind of reptiles. It was pitched dark everywhere. The water was freezing. They nibbled my body. I used to cry and scream out of fear. It was the scariest moment of my life. I don’t know how I survived. I would like to thank the crew members of the Bangladeshi ship who saved my life,” he said while adding that he started loving the sea more after this incident. (Image: Special Arrangement)
