Migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean yesterday
Captain Dave Barry spoke to Keelin Shanley on RTÉ Radio One about LÉ Niamh’s ongoing rescue efforts in the Mediterranean.
Their discussion came after a boat off the Libya coast – containing approximately 700 people – capsized yesterday.
It’s been reported that LÉ Niamh rescued 367 of these people and recovered 25 bodies.
Cpt Barry spoke about one particular incident that happened yesterday, concerning a crew member from LÉ Niamh. He said:
“As the rib crew were recovering people from the water, they recovered a man, a woman and their infant baby between them when they recovered them. The baby was unconscious and needed resuscitation and on the inflated tank on the side of the rib, you’d a member of the Naval service carrying out CPR and he managed to resuscitate the baby while simultaneously still trying to rescue other people.
He returned the baby to the parents and while he was continuing to rescue other people, the parents alerted him that the baby had drifted into unconsciousness again. He returned, he used a different technique which he’d been trained to do which was rubbing and massaging the back of the baby, causing the baby to vomit. And, as a result, the baby was resuscitated a second time and he proceeded then to rescue other people. This is the type of situation that you’re in.”
Listen back in full here
Migrant rescue a testament to naval service – Coveney (RTE)
LÉ ‘Niamh’ rescues 367 people after capsize in Mediterranean (Irish Times)
Pic: MSF
Fair play.
Genuine heroes
+1
Saddening to read… fair play to that crew member !
I clipped my toenails today.
Careful now, you could lose an eye!
The members of that crew deserve the upmost respect and congratulations on their return. They have not just made this country proud but have made humanity proud.
I’d go one step further, not only have they made humanity proud, they’ve made the Elder Gods who inhabit the space between our dimension and the nether dimensions proud too. If you listen close enough you can hear their mandibles clacking in appreciation.
*clack clack clack*
Drogg couldnt hve said it better
ia! ia! Cthulu ftaghn!
Can’t imagine the scene of horror in trying to pick out bodies from the sea.
Brilliant work done by the navy.
Hope that they receive any support back up they will need after it in dealing with what they have witnessed.
Great work!
This also made me feel all warm and fuzzy today
http://www.her.ie/life/picture-news-of-one-mans-amazing-gift-to-irish-girl-and-her-mother-has-gone-viral-for-all-the-right-reasons/248582
Arent those devices dangerous? very very high sugar content , you need the fibre in fruit to handle the sugar, but maybe that what they want,… it is a noce story though ..
Its whatever you put in
Imagine what these people must be going through if they are willing to make such a risky journey, especially with an infant child like that.
The Yanks and the Brits have a lot to answer for in their destabilisation of the Middle East since the 1950s.