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| US Navy rescues 52 people in Gulf of Aden |
| 2009-05-26 |
| MANAMA - The US Navy has rescued 52 Somalis who were stranded aboard a small skiff in the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen for a week, the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Monday. “The San Diego-based guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) responded to a vessel in distress in the Gulf of Aden on May 23, rescuing 52 men, women and children who had been adrift in a small skiff for approximately seven days,” it said in a statement. A helicopter on routine operations in the Gulf of Aden spotted the boat which was experiencing engine problems, the statement said. “We were very fortunate to have come across these people in the state they were in,” Lieutenant Jarrod Johnson, a chaplain on the Lake Champlain, was quoted as saying. “Seeing their condition really makes your heart go out to them.” The skiff had men, women and children on board, the statement said. Among those rescued was a heavily pregnant woman. Navy personnel were assisting the Somali migrants aboard the cruiser. “It’s fortunate that our helicopter was flying over the right place at the right time,” Captain Kevin Campbell, the Lake Champlain’s commaning officer, was quoted as saying. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 I'm sure they'll be real greateful. Posted by: g(r)omgoru|| I'm sure those Somalis will. It's the rest of that nation that doesn't give a da$$$$. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-05-26 19:17 |
| #2 US Navy has rescued 52 Somalis I'm sure they'll be real greateful. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-05-26 02:44 |
| #1 I take it the pilot didn't know they were Somali? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-05-26 01:16 |