Thursday, December 5, 2019

Captain Jeon Je Young dead at 78. Sacrificed his career and future to save 96 Vietnamese boat people in 1985.

Via Linh Huynh

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Dated

On a recent afternoon Jeon Je Yong sits at the dining table, eating plums.

Jeon is sitting an arm’s length away from Peter Nguyen, a man he rescued on the high seas 22 years ago.

On Nov. 14, 1985, Nguyen was stuck in a dinky fishing boat, bobbing on the Pacific Ocean with a broken motor, 96 people on board – many of them young children separated from their parents. They were all fleeing the Communist regime in Vietnam.

Stuck on a lifeless boat with no restrooms for three days, hope was scarce. Petrified eyes stared at the large, black storm clouds looming overhead.

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