I survived a missile strike in the Strait of Hormuz, but my friend has not been found
Sunil Puniya was on his first sea job when a missile struck the oil tanker Skylight at the start of the Iran war.
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Sunil Puniya was on his first sea job when a missile struck the oil tanker Skylight at the start of the Iran war.
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