{"id":17497,"date":"2021-09-03T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2021-09-03T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:26:42","slug":"sea-eye-4-brings-heavily-pregnant-women-and-babies-to-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/en\/sea-eye-4-brings-heavily-pregnant-women-and-babies-to-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"SEA-EYE 4 Brings Heavily Pregnant Women And Babies To Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bad weather front prevents further rescue missions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The crew of the SEA-EYE 4 rescued 29 people from life-threatening distress at sea on September 1st. The SEA-EYE 4 crew on watch spotted the people with binoculars on Wednesday morning. The people fleeing from Libya were huddled together in a small, overcrowded wooden boat. Among them are 18 minors, four of whom are only babies and eight are women. Two of the women are nine months pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortly after the rescue, the weather worsened, a low-pressure area developed and strong winds approached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rescued people did not have a satellite-phone with them. They were incredibly lucky that we found them. If we hadn’t discovered them, they would have remained defenseless in the rough seas,\u201d says Sophie Weidenhiller, spokeswoman for Sea-Eye e. V.<\/p>

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The operations management decided on Thursday evening to quickly bring the rescued people to safety. In particular, the two women in the last stages of pregnancy and the babies have to be brought ashore now and medically treated as fast as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom our point of view it would be irresponsible to let these women give birth in heavy seas in a small ship infirmary,\u201d Weidenhiller continues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n