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Haitians perish of dehydration on Bahamian island
Coast Guard helicopters found 288 shipwrecked Haitians on Flamingo Cay and Inagua after a dangerous night landing. Two bodies were recovered and 65 survivors were hospitalized with dehydration, hypothermia, and kidney failure. Survivors describe eight drownings and six deaths from dehydration during the voyage.
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Nassau
Bahamas
U.S. Coast Guard
Gibran Soto
Flamingo Cay
Inagua
Haiti
Coast Guard
Vernon Burrows
United States
Peter Barry
Port St. Lucie
Fla
Clearwater