Pete Brown
A former Chattanooga man who was lost at sea for eight days has reached Honolulu.
Pete Brown is due to be reunited soon with his wife and young son, who are traveling from Taiwan. Friends helped raise money to make their trip possible.
The Chattanooga Christian School graduate had embarked with two friends on a sailboat voyage from Japan to Hawaii. Their sail was destroyed in a storm and they began drifting.
A Navy plane and Coast Guard crews began searching for them after being alerted by the family, which had lost communication with the men. However, they had moved far from the search area.
Fortunately, the sailboat, which had been rigged with an "SOS" marker, was spotted by a merchant ship. That ship, from Singapore, successfully lifted the men from the battered craft.