Ramshackle sailboat packed with more than 150 Haiti migrants including children is intercepted by the Coast Guard after running aground off Florida
Extraordinary images show at least 150 Haitian migrants crowded onto the sailboat off Islandia, south Miami
The US Coast Guard and other partner agencies intercepted the sailboat after it had run aground on Thursday
Migrants were transferred from the 'overloaded and unsafe sailing vessel' to the Coast Guard cutter crews
By RACHAEL BUNYAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:00 EDT, 22 July 2022 | UPDATED: 06:02 EDT, 22 July 2022
The U.S. Coast Guard averted what may have been a disaster when it intercepted a ramshackle sailboat packed with more than 150 Haitian migrants including several children off the coast of Florida.
Extraordinary images show at least 150 men, women and young children crowded on the boat with no floor place to move on the wooden vessel, which had run aground near Boca Chita Key, south of Miami.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Miami-Dade police and other law enforcement agencies were on the scene after they intercepted the sailboat on Thursday morning.
The US agencies deployed four boats to surround the ramshackle sailboat before moving closer to toss the migrants life jackets and water.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11038747/Sailboat-packed-150-Haiti-migrants-including-children-intercepted-Coast-Guard.html
