Juan Manuel Ballestero was a 47-year-old sailing enthusiast, who currently lived in Porto Santo, Portugal. When the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病) outbreak started to take its hold, Ballestero began to 1 across the Atlantic 10 reach his 90-year-old dad in the middle of March.
"I didn't want to 2 like a coward (懦弱的人) on an island where there were no 3, Ballestero said. "My father is 90 years old and I'm 4 his health, especially during the pandemic."
The journey wasn't without any trouble. Although he'd 5 necessities and fuel before leaving the Portuguese island in his boat, he 6 to make a stop at Cape Verde in mid-April to pick up more supplies and fuel. 7, authorities in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean refused his request to dock (停靠). So, the 8 sailor carried on his journey in hopes that he'd get to see his dad, unsure of what to 9 as the world battled with the pandemic. He said, "The love for my father kept me 10 in these situations. I learned about myself; this voyage gave me lots of 11 He finally reached the port of his 12 Mar del Plata and was able to 13 his 90-year-old father after his COVID-19 test 14 came back negative (阴性的)— just in time for Father's Day.
Ballestero proves how the love for his father has no 15 even in such a difficult time.
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