[post_page_title]Cutting loose[/post_page_title]
Even though the Sam Ratulangi disappeared over nine years ago, this tugboat had done what no one else apparently had, and found it in the middle of the ocean.
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Not willing to let this colossal ship drift around aimlessly any longer, the crew of the Independence hooked their tugboat to the Sam Ratulangi and began hauling it toward Bangladesh. If it wasn’t for the terrible weather at sea they might have managed it, but being tethered to something ten times your size in a storm is just asking for trouble.