1-year-old baby and 38 others rescued from drowning on crossing to England

The fishing boat is called Gone from nothing. Ironically, he returned to port after saving the lives of several people. Saturday afternoon, the national navy had to go to the rescue of 39 castaways in the Strait of the Pas de Calais. A new rescue operation in this area where migrants regularly try to reach the British coast using makeshift boats.

Helicopter hoists aboard a helicopter

This time the boat had just sunk in the middle of the crossing. During the rescue operation carried out with the help of the fishing vessel Gone from nothing and two merchant ships, theArco Dijk and the Thun garland who were nearby, six people were hoisted aboard a navy helicopter to be evacuated to the Boulogne-sur-Mer hospital.

Among these six people was a 1 year old baby, as well as his 3 year old brother and his parents, according to The voice of the North. These are the lifeboats of the two merchant ships and the Starting from nothing who picked up the other castaways to bring them back to dry land, where they were taken care of by the border police (PAF) and firefighters.

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