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The relatives of survivors and victims of the pirogue that was found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 14, gather on the beach in Fass Boye, Senegal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Hallucinations, thirst and desperation: How migrants endured 36 days at sea
By RENATA BRITO AND FELIPE DANA - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-3:06AM , 60 Reads
FASS BOYE, Senegal (AP) — The voyage from the struggling Senegalese fishing town of Fass Boye to Spain’s Canary Islands, a gateway to the European Union where they hoped to find work, was supposed to take a week.

But the wooden boat carrying 101 men and boys was getting blown further and further away from its destination.
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The bow of a pirogue, a typical Senegalese fishing boat that's also used by migrants bound for Europe, as a storm approaches near Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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36 days at sea: How these castaways survived hallucinations, thirst and desperation
By RENATA BRITO AND FELIPE DANA - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-3:03AM , 75 Reads
FASS BOYE, Senegal (AP) — A month had passed when the first four men decided to jump.

Countless cargo ships had navigated past them, yet no one had come to their rescue. Their fuel was finished. The hunger and thirst were overwhelming. Dozens had already died, including the captain.
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The wreck of a traditional Mauritanian fishing boat, known as a pirogue, also used by migrants to reach Spain's Canary Islands, sits on a beach near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. In 2021, at least seven boats appearing to be from Northwest Africa washed up in the Caribbean and in Brazil. All carried dead bodies. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams
By RENATA BRITO AND FELIPE DANA - Associated Press
Tue,04/11/23-11:02PM , 88 Reads
BELLE GARDEN, Tobago (AP) — Around 6:30 a.m. on May 28, 2021, a couple of miles from Belle Garden Beach on the Caribbean island of Tobago, a narrow white-and-blue boat drifted onto the horizon. As it wobbled back and forth, fish gathered, feeding on the barnacles that had grown below the surface.
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