After long journeys by land, their moment of reckoning has finally arrived. They are herded from walled- in compounds to the surf by Libyan smugglers wielding AK- 4. One of the migrants is Mogahid Sabeel of Sudan. Sabeel tried to sleep on the dirt floor of a warehouse where he had been taken but he was too anxious, cold and hungry - - it's Ramadan and he's been fasting since sunrise. The smugglers promised Sabeel that his $4. There are no such vessels in sight; only a 2. Sabeel can tell the dinghy poses danger But by now, his fear of the Libyan militias and smugglers outweighs the risks on the open sea. He asks for a life jacket. Yes, yes, you will get one, the smugglers say. They also promise a satellite phone for emergencies. No more questions, they yell, pointing their guns. They toss five or six plastic jerry cans of fuel into the boat. It is 2: 3. 0 in the morning when Sabeel marches to the water's edge with 7. They are ordered to take off their shoes and carry the dinghy out into the surf. The smugglers arrange them in three rows. Those on the outside edges of the boat place one leg in the water and one leg inside. Some of the women lie down in the center with people on top of them so that 1. The human arrangements almost resemble the drawings of people packed into the slave ships that once sailed to the Americas, only on a smaller scale. One of the smugglers hops into the dinghy, starts the motor and steers the migrants out to sea. After an hour he gets off and boards a fast boat that has arrived to take him back to land. There are no life jackets, no working phone. Reality descends with such a heavy crush that most people cannot even panic out loud. They sit silently, too afraid to utter a word. They drink salt water to quench their thirst. Sabeel sits in the stern, his right leg in the water - - and begins to tremble. He is 3. 3, too young to die. Already, he has endured so much. From his native Sudan he has traveled many months and through three countries in search of a better life. A bloody civil war ended his plan to run the family farm in Darfur; his family abandoned their land to escape the bloodshed and moved south to start anew. That venture ended, too, after South Sudan gained independence in 2. Sabeel, who studied agricultural science at the University of Gezira, tried his hand at small business enterprises in Ethiopia and Dubai but struggled. He finally fled to Cairo in 2. Sudan for his participation in Arab Spring protests. He thought of himself as a liberal Muslim and was sure he would face arrest back home. He heard the employment situation was better in Libya and paid money to enter the country illegally, but things didn't go as planned and he fell into the hands of militias and smugglers. The Limbic System: The Source of Emotions in the Human Brain Souls do not Exist: Evidence from Science & Philosophy Against Mind-Body Dualism What Do Religions Say About Souls? Quantum Physics Pseudo-scientific Theory of Soul.He says they demanded more money, held him hostage and locked him up for days at a time. After weeks of harrowing experiences, he managed to make it to his cousin's house in Tripoli. But he knew he couldn't stay in Libya. The political vacuum after Gadhafi opened the way for militias and even ISIS to establish power. The few jobs that were to be had were hardly stable. He lived in fear of being abducted or killed. He learned that ships left Libya for Italy, so he put two shirts, a pair of shorts and underwear in an etched leather shoulder bag made by an artist friend in Sudan and arranged for passage. Smugglers sent a driver in an old white Nissan Maxima who took him and two other Sudanese men west along the coast. They maneuvered through checkpoints until Zawiyah, where they changed cars and routes to avoid heavily armed militiamen. They finally made it to the warehouse in Sabratha at about the same time that John Hamilton was going to bed on the Responder. Now, under the stars, Sabeel tries to calm himself. If only they can get to Europe by some miracle, maybe someone will recognize his college degree and he can finally make a decent living. But two hours have passed and behind him, he can still see the lights of Libya. In the bow, one of two plywood reinforcement boards is beginning to crack from the weight of the passengers. Officer Danny Sebastian points to the Responder. Rescue vessels stay away from Libyan waters. The stench of human misery. The first blip on the radar comes at 3: 4. It is a military- grade Schiebel drone with an infrared camera capable of spotting vessels at night. The Dark Souls series may include some of the toughest games many players have come across in recent years, but that isn't all the games are known for. Those who have been brave enough to scour the depths of the games. Sea of Souls is a BBC paranormal drama series, recounting the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic and other paranormal events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony. Soul - Translation to Spanish, pronunciation, and forum discussions. Principal Translations: English: Spanish: soul n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon. Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842. Almost 7. 0% of the migrant boats MOAS rescues are located by drones that scour the sea. Hamilton and his rescue team cover themselves with white protective jumpsuits, helmets and life jackets and report to the main deck. The medical staff does the same - - it's important to maintain sanitary conditions onboard, especially when picking up people with unknown or undiagnosed illnesses. The Responder races toward the coordinates pinpointed by the drone. Hamilton orders the Ghalib, one of the fast orange rescue crafts, lowered into the sea. He hops in with a certified rescue diver, Nick Romaniuk. Romaniuk gave up a profitable commercial job after his experience at a refugee camp in Greece. There, he met a Yazidi boy in a Sesame Street shirt who'd been thrown into a fire by ISIS fighters and bore scars up and down his arms. A week later, Romaniuk signed up with MOAS. Created by David Kane. With Bill Paterson, Dawn Steele, Iain Robertson, Louise Irwin. A group of faculty and staff at a Glasgow university studies the paranormal. Souls of the Vermilion Sea is a feature length documentary about the struggle to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita. Searching for the Vaquita is the first short film in an ongoing series about this. No tengas miedo a morir con nuestra Gu. Plataforma: PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. The Responder's searchlight finally has the migrant boat in sight. It is nothing but a small dinghy with people packed together in the heat. The smell is pungent; they had nowhere to relieve themselves, and some are sick from the motion. Others are bleeding from injuries suffered in their journeys to this moment. Hamilton and Romaniuk begin throwing life jackets overboard. That's always the first step, in case the dinghy capsizes during the rescue. The migrants clamor after every jacket tossed into the air, thinking each may be the last. Romaniuk boards the dinghy, sits in the bow and tries to keep everyone calm. If his English compatriots who spew hate toward migrants could be here now, he thinks, they too would jump in the water to save someone. Hamilton decides the sea is calm enough to maneuver the dinghy to the Responder and unload the people directly, instead of moving them onboard the Ghalib. The dinghy rocks from side to side. The dinghy could capsize, or someone could fall into the water and get crushed between the boats. As the dinghy comes alongside the Responder, everyone tries to get out all at once. You are all safe now. Hamilton waits anxiously. At times he has watched a migrant boat empty only to expose the bodies of those who have died of suffocation, dehydration or sheer exhaustion. On this morning, he feels relieved. Everyone has survived. Many migrant families make the risky journey by sea with their young children. They are from Africa: Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria, Mali. One man wears nothing but underwear. Another has on a gray North Face puffer jacket intended for winter slopes. Most are barefoot, their ebony legs powdered with a white mixture of dust and encrusted sea salt. They carry few possessions - - a toothbrush tucked in a chest pocket, a plastic pouch containing photos of loved ones left behind. Three Muslim men face east toward Mecca and fall to their knees in prayer. A Catholic man makes the sign of the cross. The MOAS crew pats down the men to make sure no one is carrying a weapon or cigarette lighter. The Emergency nurses ask if they have any injuries. One man from Guinea says smugglers beat his legs with an iron bar. Nurse Yohanes Ghebray leads patients into an exam room set up inside the ship's cabin. He knows the plight of the migrants. He was one himself years ago when he fled his native Eritrea on a rickety boat and was rescued in similar fashion. He is assisted by Jean de Dieu Bihizi, who studied philosophy at home in Burundi but felt it wasn't enough to theorize about the world's problems - - he needed to do something more practical. He remembers a rescue in which two women from Mali looked him in the eyes and said: If we die, please take our children and make sure they are educated. Bihizi was taken aback by their trust. Mimmo Risica scribbles a number on red masking tape and sticks it on the chests of the most serious medical cases. When the Responder transfers the migrants to another vessel or docks somewhere in Italy, doctors will tend to the tagged patients first. Risica is a retired cardiologist from Venice, a quiet man who volunteered time to do something good and brought with him a hunk of his favorite Parmigiano- Reggiano that he shaves onto his pasta every night at dinner. He stays remarkably calm as he sees patient after patient. Soon, one third of the Responder's main deck is filled with people. Hamilton senses more will come.'Where are you taking us?'At 7: 1. Responder's location. One - - carrying Mogahid Sabeel - - is 1. Libyan coast. It's daylight now but Sabeel cannot figure out what to make of the Responder. His fellow passengers think it's a Libyan pirate boat and are frightened they will be taken back to Libya or killed and left to rot at sea. They scream at their driver to steer west, away from the Responder. They see white people standing on deck. They realize the ship is European. Sabeel glances at his rapidly draining mobile phone: It's 7: 3. He sees Hamilton standing near the bow of the Ghalib and sees life jackets flying through the air. Then the Ghalib nudges the dinghy toward the Responder. One by one, the migrants board the MOAS ship. First aboard are the Nigerian women. Their knees have locked up from hours of sitting and they limp across the deck, begging for water. Sabeel is one of the last to be pulled out. The Responder brims with humanity; 3. Their faces show shock, disbelief, anxiety and relief. Other times, the Responder transports them to a port in Italy, where they are processed at immigration centers. Hamilton is waiting for instructions from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, the agency in Italy that oversees traffic in the Mediterranean. The Responder. For many, the money was their life savings.
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