VIDEO: Navy wife reveals pride at husband’s mission

The wife of a LÉ Eithne crew member has described him and his colleagues as heroes in an emotional email posted to Facebook post.

The unidentified mother of three said she wanted to share her feelings about how the crew have “been blown away” by their life-saving exploits in the Mediterranean Sea.

To date, the ship’s crew have saved the lives of more than 1,000 migrants — it left the Italian port of Taranto yesterday, after dropping off 399 migrants, and was steaming back to her area of operations between Sicily and North Africa.