The 11-year-old spent three days at sea after ship disaster. During this time she did not eat or drink anything. The 11-year-old was wearing a life jacket. She held on to the car's inner tubes the whole time, which saved her from drowning.
Italy. The only survivor of the disaster
The girl told rescuers that she and 44 other people had sailed from a Tunisian city in a metal boat. Safakis. While they were on one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world, they were met by a storm. High waves began to form and capsize the boat and everyone else they fell into the water. The 11-year-old said that initially there were two other people on the surface with her, but “the sea took them away.”
The German charity Compass Collective, whose ship found the 11-year-old, issued a statement on this matter. It reported that a girl from Sierra Leone “was the only survivor of the shipwreckand the remaining 44 people drowned.
Italy. A miraculous rescue from a disaster. “An amazing coincidence”
Matthias Wiedenlübbert, captain of the Trotamar III lifeboat, said that after finding the girl, rescuers began searching the surrounding areas, hoping to find other passengers. – But after a storm lasting for several days with winds of over 23 knots and waves as high as 2.5 meters, there was no hope – said Wiedenlübbert.
The captain added that the crew heard the baby calling in the dark. – It was an amazing coincidence that we heard the child's voice despite the engine running – he said.
The girl had hypothermia and she was dehydratedbut apart from that there was nothing wrong with her. She was taken to Lampedusa, where a doctor examined her.
Over the past decade, on the route connecting northern Africa with Italy i Malta missing or missing over 24,300 people. An 11-year-old girl was sailing on a boat with his brother. It is not known whether her parents were also with her.
Source: BBC, The Guardian, ANSA