article_snippet.sent: Better, everyone advised, to be low key, even if low key meant faded lights and three water pumps chugging at all times.
article_snippet.sent: we were told we'd be at the port in Aden by the next morning, but as the hours ticked by Vessel soon became apparent that that was wildly optimistic.
article_snippet.sent: Morning came and we were still only halfway there.
article_snippet.sent: However, we couldn't risk arriving at night; even getting too close to shore would risk being mistaken for a re-supply vessel and potentially taking a Saudi hit.
article_snippet.sent: The captain slowed the boat to a crawl so the remaining miles would stretch until daybreak.
article_snippet.sent: Finally, morning came.
article_snippet.sent: It didn't feel like the answer could be anything
article_snippet.sent: But woven amid the uncertainty was the relief of escape.