|
|
|
SAN JUAN (www.laht.com) – Fifty-four Haitian migrants left marooned north of Cuba when their boat broke down were rescued by a geophysical survey vessel en route to Guyana.“We found a boat that was adrift with 54 Haitians on it,Glenn Anderson Rangers Jersey, so we helped rescue those guys and got the Bahamian Defence Force and the U.S. Coast Guard and helped coordinate all of that,Xander Bogaerts Red Sox Jersey,” Eric Long,Michael Wacha Cardinals Jersey, a senior crew member of the Fugro Americas,Sweden Soccer Jersey, told reporters late Tuesday during a tour of the survey vessel in Georgetown.Long said he spotted the Haitians as the Fugro Americas was just north of the eastern tip of Cuba.All ocean-going vessels are required by international law to assist other vessels in distress and to aid with search-and-rescue operations.Fugro Americas has been hired by ExxonMobil Corp. to map the seafloor in preparation for evaluating a significant oil deposit discovered off the coast of Guyana’s Essequibo region. |
|
