The young man, who requested not to be named, narrated his ordeal which started when one of the fine days him and his colleagues set sail into the high seas with two boats. They were confronted by the anti-paracy NATO military, that patrols the Somali Coastline.

The Military took them into custody and confiscated the two boats they were using He added that the military set ablaze one of two boats they were using, which carried their paraphernalia He also talks about what they encountered from the moment they started swimming in the high seas without any help.

This is his story.

''They removed us from the Big boat.. They left us with nothing, they even took away our sandals, then they destroyed the big Boat using a
motor, setting it on fire..”

'' We decided to swim in an effort to trick them into feeling sympathy for us. We knew the small boat had no fuel, and that there was no way
we could use it... We thought they would assist us and take us closer to the shore.. But instead they started laughing at us.."

'' We started swimming towards the gulf of Aden.. We were in the sea for 16 days... Swimming day and night...”

''For four days we were moving towards Yemen's Capital Adan.. All the 16 days we had no food to eat nor water to drink...”
“At one time, some of us decided to eat one among us who was very weak because we could no longer hold on...with God’s grace that never happened.”

'' With God's help, after a long suffering we finally managed to spot the shore. Near the town of Adan.”

“That is the time we sensed some normalcy within ourselves we first thought we will never make alive.”

“Some Yemeni fishermen spotted us; they came with their boats and assisted us. They handed us to the authorities. We were jailed but the UN argued our case as fishermen who lost their way in the sea.”

“The journey was life and death….my prayers were answered by Allah, I have repented now.”

“My advice to those who are thinking of making similar venture is to think first, the voyage is not that easy. The world is focused on this vice, if you are captured while trying to pirate ships you will be sentenced to life or worst you will simply vanish without trace into the deep sea.”