Lithuanian Aurimas Mockus was rescued by the Australian Navy after a cyclone ended his attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean. NBC News' Steven Romo shares how the man's 7,500-mile journey was cut short by the storm.

A Lithuanian man who was attempting to row from San Diego to Brisbane in order to raise awareness for Ukraine was rescued in the Pacific Ocean by the Australian Navy Sunday after he ran into a tropical cyclone.

A rower on a 7,500-mile solo trip across the Pacific Ocean had to be rescued by an Australian warship Monday after getting caught in a terrifying tropical cyclone. Aurimus Mockus, 44, who set off from California in October,