PRAYER NEED
Boat sinks off Mexico’s Baja California, leaving 11 missing as survivors suffer shark bites
AP Photo/Denis Poroy, via Al Jazeera
What happened
A boat carrying 27 people sank about 140 miles (225 kilometres) west of Ensenada, off Mexico’s Baja California coast, in the early hours of Friday, 16 October, after a distress call. The US Coast Guard, helped by the US and Mexican navies, rescued 16 people, at least three of them with injuries consistent with shark bites. The search for the 11 people still missing was called off on 18 October. The survivors were Mexican nationals, Mexico’s consulate said. Only debris was found, in an area the Coast Guard said is used by smugglers.
Families in Mexico are waiting for news of eleven people lost at sea after their boat went down off Baja California.
People affected
- People injured
- At least 3
- Missing
- 11
Pray for
- Families of the eleven people still missing
- The survivors, among them those injured by sharks
- Rescue crews who searched for four days
- Safety for people making dangerous journeys by sea
3 people have pledged to pray