Supportive Father--Or Child Abuse?

6/10/10

Teen sailor Abby Sunderland, who today made international headlines by requesting a rescue via various distress-signal units, is in a portion of the southern Indian Ocean that is so remote it could take at least a day but possibly two for a boat or ship to reach her position.

Sunderland, 16, had been a little past the halfway point in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone. She set off two rescue tracking devices, one of which is only for use when the sailor is in the water.

"He" gave her more than she could handle.