KANPUR, Oct. 18 -- Merchant Navy chief engineer Nitin Shukla's first priority when a drone struck his oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on October 9 was to get his fellow crew members to safety. Showing exemplary courage, he ensured that all 21 others had boarded a lifeboat before making his own escape from the Panama-flagged MT Gem No. 2, which was destroyed in the attack. Nitin, who returned to his Shyam Nagar home in Kanpur on Saturday after a difficult journey back to India, lost his passport and other essential documents when the vessel was hit. The loss of his papers made his return more complicated. "Past eight days were really trying for me. I nearly lost my life in the drone attack," he said, adding that the biggest satisfaction for him was that all crew members were safe and returning to their families like him. P3...