An 11-year-old girl survived three days in stormy seas by clinging to two tire inner-tubes after the migrant boat she was traveling on sank off the coast of Italy, a charity said. Rubber inner tubes, which the 11 year old girl used as floatation devices. She was found with the two inner-tubes and a life-vest and “had no drinking water or food with her, and although she was suffering from hypothermia, she was responsive and alert,” Compass Collective added. While they typically assist larger vessels, the crew of the 13-meter-long German Trotamar III sometimes perform urgent sea rescues as they did in this case. The vessel has saved 1,653 people in distress at sea since it began its operation in August 2023, Compass Collective said.

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Persons: ” Matthias Wiedenlübbert, “, Wiedenlübbert, ” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, ” Organizations: International Organization for Migration, IOM, Compass, Unicef Locations: Italy, Lampedusa, Rome, Sfax, Tunisia's, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Libya, Malta