Moments from safety, migrants die trying to reach Europe
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
CATANIA, Sicily -- Young men piled over each other, some shinnying up ropes dangling from the rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea. Women and children were the last off the stricken dinghy during a chaotic Mediterranean rescue in which at least five migrants died and more were feared drowned.
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