Video of the operation showed a naval boat rescuing Mockus from his vessel in rough seas, then hoisting him onto the warship.

Aurimas Mockus was reportedly attempting to travel from San Diego to Brisbane when he got caught in Tropical Cyclone Alfred off the coast of Australia.

A week out from finishing his epic row across the Pacific, Aurimas Mockus has called for help when a cyclone hit. A rescue ship is hurrying to his location.

Today, a naval war ship rescued 44-year-old ocean rower Aurimas Mockus off the coast of Australia. A cyclone derailed his attempt to row the Pacific.

Aurimas Mockus was attempting to row from San Diego to Brisbane when he was caught in the path of the category one system off the Queensland coast.

Aurimas Mockus, 44, set off from Shelter Island last October. He said at the time that he was doing in order to honor the thousands of people who have died in the Russia-led war in Ukraine and to remind the world to continue to pay attention to the ongoing violence there.

Lithuanian Aurimas Mockus was rowing from San Diego, CA to Australia when he found himself in need of rescue from Tropical Cyclone Alfred.