An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California

A rower on a 7,500-mile solo trip across the Pacific Ocean had to be rescued by an Australian warship Monday after getting caught in a terrifying tropical cyclone. Aurimus Mockus, 44, who set off from California in October,

A Lithuanian man who was attempting to row from San Diego to Brisbane in order to raise awareness for Ukraine was rescued in the Pacific Ocean by the Australian Navy Sunday after he ran into a tropical cyclone.