After serving as a rowing boat captain in an Atlantic Ocean race, a former Australian spy and war crimes investigator passed away.
It was reported on Friday night by the organizers of the World’s Toughest Row competition that Alisdair Putt passed away on January 4 due to a heart attack.
Who was Mr Putt an Australian spy?
Mr. Putt, a former prosecutor, reserve naval officer, and ASIO agent was in charge of his group of retired and active military personnel, ages 40 to 62. As they travelled from the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean.
Mr Putt, from Perth’s Mount Hawthorn, had been working as a UN war crimes investigator in Rwanda. Before the commencement of the race and had previously managed his own legal company in Perth, Western Australia.
The father, who is married to Kathy, was formerly a public prosecutor and an International Criminal Court investigator. As well as a war crimes investigator in the Balkans in the late 1990s.
What Happened to Mr Putt an Australian spy?
The group departed on December 12; however, on Thursday, at around 2:15 p.m. UTC, Mr. Putt passed out on the boat’s deck and was not able to be revived.
The event organizers released a statement confirming the death ‘with deep grief.’ And stating that Mr Putt’s crew had been picked up and sent to dry land and that his next of kin had been notified.
The statement went on, “Resuscitation was unsuccessful despite the rest of the crew’s tireless efforts.” The crew is currently securely on a ship that is making landfall.
We extend our deepest sympathies to the Putt family’s relatives, friends, and fans. Along with that to the whole Aussie Old Salts squad.
