Survivor of deadliest Channel boat tragedy recalls his six-hour swim to safety
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Survivor of deadliest Channel boat tragedy recalls his six-hour swim to safety
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"Surrounded by bodies in the unforgiving waters of the English Channel, Issa Mohamed Omar made the agonising decision to let go of the wreck of the small boat he had been clinging to and make a break for a ship he could see in the distance. Having shed the heavy coat and boots that were weighing him down, the Somali national, who had fled war in Yemen, bravely loosened his grip."
A news outlet requests donations to fund on-the-ground reporting across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, and to keep reporting freely accessible without paywalls. The outlet cites investigations into the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and a documentary, 'The A Word', about American women fighting for reproductive rights. A Somali survivor, Issa Mohamed Omar, described abandoning a sinking vessel in the English Channel, shedding heavy clothing, and swimming for more than six hours before being rescued. At least 27 people died and four were missing and presumed dead in the worst Channel maritime disaster on record. An inquiry concluded that possibly all the passengers could have been saved had the French coastguard responded.
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