Indian sailors share trauma of being trapped during Strait of Hormuz conflict
Captain Raman Kapoor describes the helplessness he and his crew felt while trapped on an oil tanker in a war zone near the Strait of Hormuz for 75 days.
Captain Raman Kapoor was loading oil at an Iraqi port when word reached him that the United States and Iran were at war. Within hours, his tanker was trapped north of the Strait of Hormuz with 24 crew members aboard, as missiles began arcing across the sky overhead. βWe were stuck inside the war zone and everyone was so scared and clueless about what to do,β Kapoor, 48, recalled. βWe all felt so trapped. We were helpless, totally helpless.β He and his crew would stay that way for 75 days. The.....