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Although Vaggelis Staridas—the Greek armed guard who miraculously survived 48 harrowing hours at sea following the Houthi attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea—has been rescued by an international mission and transferred to a security ship, his ordeal is far from over.

The Hellenic Navy frigate "Psarra" sailed into the Salamina naval base near Athens on Sunday, after concluding its stint in the European operation EUNAVFOR 'Aspides'.

The Greek-flagged tanker "Sounion" of Delta tankers carrying 150,000 tons of oil is being towed to a safe anchoring point to the north of the Red Sea at a slow and safe speed by the Greek rescue vessel "Aigaion Pelagos".