Wiktor Chodorowski

Wiktor Chodorowski, 73, is a retired Ukrainian mariner and educator who spent twenty years working on merchant ships. Since the outbreak of war, he has transitioned to teaching mechanics and welding at a maritime vocational school in Odessa. With the conflict rendering practical training dangerous, he fears for the future of his students and the Ukrainian merchant marine, as opportunities for seafaring careers diminish amidst ongoing hostilities.