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Kilometers From Safety: The Gulf of Aden Boat That Vanished
Kilometers From Safety: The Gulf of Aden Boat That Vanished
Three and a half kilometers from shore, a fisherman found dozens of bodies floating in the pre-dawn dark - the vessel that had carried 260 people had already gone under. Fifty-six were confirmed dead, 140 vanished without trace, and not a single person has been charged; what exactly happened in those final kilometers before land can the evidence still not answer?
In this episode, we lay out the known facts of the crossing and the human makeup of the boat, and trace the sequence of events from departure to discovery to ask whether the…
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