DATE: July 13, 2004 1:38:14 PM EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONA PASSAGE, July 12, 2004 -- Seaman Anthony Lucar (left), Seaman Brandon Shortencarrier (right) and Seaman Kyle Meyers (back) tend to a recently-rescued migrant suffering from a fractured leg on the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, based in St. Petersburg, Fla. She is one of 13 survivors located from a capsized migrant boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic. One body has been located, and based on information from the survivors, as many as18 remain missing. Since Oct. 1, 2003, the Coast Guard has rescued more than 5,400 migrants in the Mona Pass. Forty-two are known to have died in that period. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle DeMarino.
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