Of course she wasn't. She had every modern amenity and technology at her disposal. It would have taken a miracle for her to truly get lost or die as a result. But the 'damsel in distress' made better headlines.
Meanwhile, three dozen teens will die or be maimed on American roads this weekend, and each will rate only 30 seconds on local news.
She abandoned her original attempt to sail around the world nonstop. She had to pull into a port because the boat’s autopilot failed, thus ending the “nonstop” part...