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8504: 11 Haitians migrants die in Bahamian waters (fwd)
From: Max Blanchet <maxblanchet@worldnet.att.net>
11 Haitians migrants die in Bahamian waters
Nassau, Bahamas, CANA - Eleven Haitian migrants died and six
were trapped yesterday in the hull of a wooden sloop that was
shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off Rum Cay in The Bahamas,
officials said.
The victims were among a group of more than 90 Haitians who
crowded on to the 30-foot (nine-metre) vessel in a bid to reach
the United States from their impoverished Caribbean country.
Bahamas Immigration Director Vernon Burrows said tiger sharks
circling the boat prevented rescuers from getting to the partly
submerged sloop.