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Teen Sailor Abby Sunderland Is On Rescue Boat For Long Voyage Home

Jun. 12 2010, Published 1:13 p.m. ET

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The aptly named French fishing vessel Ile de la Reunion has plucked Abby Sunderland from her damaged sailboat in the Indian Ocean, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"We had a great answer to our prayers today," Abby's dad Laurence Sunderland told reporters outside his home Saturday, a day after she was spotted by a search plane.

Abby, 16, was attempting an around-the-world solo voyage when 25 ft. waves knocked her 40-ft. sailboat out of commission. "One long wave and one short mast," was the way Abby explained what happened on her blog.

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She'll be calling the French ship her home for the next week.  That's how long it will take them to make land.  They're headed to an island called Reunion -- it's a French possession -- off the African coast.

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