98 migrants rescued from boat off Florida had no meals

Nearly 100 migrants, principally Haitians, who had been rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no meals or water for 2 days, in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard.

A coast guard helicopter noticed the migrants, 96 Haitians, in addition to a passenger every from Uganda and The Bahamas, about 20 miles east of Boca Raton, Florida, final week. They had been transferred to Bahamian authorities on Sunday.

The passengers instructed coast guard crew members that they had been at sea for per week and lacked meals and water over the past two days. The 40-foot cabin cruiser was overloaded with 53 males, 35 girls and 10 youngsters, the coast guard stated in a press release.

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Nobody was injured.

“Smugglers don’t care whether or not you reside or die,” stated Capt. Robert Kinsey of the Coast Guard’s District Seven, citing the shortage of sustenance and the overloaded migrant vessel. “These persons are fortunate to be alive.”