Alone In The Sea: A Child’s Survival And A Wake-Up Call

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Alone In The Sea: A Child’s Survival And A Wake-Up Call

In a harrowing testament to the perils of migration across the Mediterranean, an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued off the coast of Lampedusa. She is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in which 44 others, including her brother and cousin, are believed to have drowned. Clinging to two tire tubes and a life jacket, she was found after floating alone in the open sea for nearly 12 hours. The tragedy marks the third deadly shipwreck in th…