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Title: Pirates kill Canadian man in Honduras
Source:
Ottawa Citizen
URL Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/Daughte ... rate+ordeal/3933628/story.html
Published: Dec 6, 2010
Author: Kelly Patterson
Post Date: 2010-12-06 22:03:07 by Flintlock
Keywords: None
Views: 297
Comments: 5
A yachting vacation has turned into a nightmare for a young Canadian woman whose father was shot to death by pirates in Honduras. Myda Egrmajer managed to fend off the armed robbers, but was forced to remain aboard the boat with her father’s body for hours this past week until she was rescued, relatives of the woman said Saturday as they recounted the disturbing tale. The Ottawa woman is now safe in Belize. “She survived. We don’t know how or why,” her aunt, Merrillynn Wilson, told Postmedia News. “It’s very sketchy; none of this makes sense to us. But we know she’s OK, at least physically.” The woman in her mid-20s was cruising the Caribbean Sea with her father, Milan Egrmajer, 58, who was 2 1/2 years into a voyage along the eastern coast of North America aboard his sailboat, Adena. She had been aboard a few weeks when bad weather on Thursday forced them to dock in a sheltered area, her aunt said. “What we’re being told is they docked very close to shore, and pirates just came on board,” her aunt said, speaking from Mahone Bay, N.S. “I’m told she set off a flare and scared the pirates off.” A spokesman for the Honduran Security Ministry said Saturday that Milan was shot because he apparently resisted a robbery. "Another boat pulled up and several men tried to rob them. It appears the man resisted and they shot him," Leonel Sauceda said. No arrests have been made, he added. The vessel was docked near Tela in northern Honduras, where Myda stayed alone for several hours with her father’s dead body while Honduran officials searched for her through the bad weather. By the time weather cleared Friday, Myda had been picked up by a private vessel operated by Australians and was en route to Belize, said Wilson’s husband, Kelly. “She should be on her way home soon,” he said. Read more: www.canada.com/news/Pirat.../story.html#ixzz17OIdsQbw Poster Comment: The one that got away. Nothing excites Pirates more than seeing a Canadian flag on a vessel, they know it's unarmed and the crew will probably not resist. It's like ringing a diner bell
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#1. To: Flintlock (#0)
There's something fishy about this story.
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
You're probably right. A 12ga flare will bounce off you, a 25mm flare will do a little more, but chances are all they had were 12ga.
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
Probably a nice boat for sale in Belize right now!
Nope But some used parts might end up on eBay
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡ "The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good." -- Thomas Jefferson
“I’m told she set off a flare and scared the pirates off.”
#2. To: angK (#1)
There's something fishy about this story.
#3. To: Flintlock (#0)
#4. To: Stick To Disinformation (#3)
Probably a nice boat for sale in Belize right now!
#5. To: Flintlock (#0)
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