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Stranded at Sea in a Global Crisis | Edmonton News
Trapped for two months on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, Captain Raman Kapoor and his crew of 23 became unwitting pawns in a U.S.-Iran standoff, with at least 8,000 seafarers still stranded in a vital shipping lane that moves 20% of the world’s oil. As tensions escalate and Iran threatens specific routes, families back home live in terror while crew members face mounting fear — 14 have died, half of them Indian. Evacuation efforts stall after a cargo ship attack, and with conflicting proposals from nations, the Strait of Hormuz remains a deadly bottleneck. Back home, Kapoor’s wife pleads…
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