He was just 19 when Somali pirates captured his ship; Aman Kumar Sharma survived 43 months in captivity, a shipwreck and a desperate struggle to return home

When Aman Kumar Sharma left India in 2010 for his first voyage at sea, he was a 19-year-old from Himachal Pradesh beginning a career in the merchant navy.

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