Tragic Story

While looking for something to post, I came upon this heartwrenching story. Haitians trying to find asylum in America were plucked out of the water earlier this week, one clinging to a dead body using it as a life preserver. This story struck me because all semester we have been talking immigrants and in Breath, Eyes, Memory one of the characters was saving money to make an illegal passage into the United States. This news story illustrates just what these refugees have to go through to get to free world. First these migrants boarded a smugglers boat in the Bahamas. As they reached land several were captured by the Bahamian police. Those who fled were then squeezed shoulder to shoulder in a go-fast boat. As they were traveling to Florida, the boat capsized and they plummetted into the waters. Those not killed by hitting their heads as they capsized treaded water for hours until finally fishermen heard the screams for help and plucked the survivors out of the water. Only three were alive. The other two dozen were dead. This story illustrates the extent through which these people will go through to leave the harsh conditions of their homelands and try to make a fresh start in America. To get the full story click on this link:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/24/bahamas.survivors.ap/index.html