Miami.– Three people drowned when a boat carrying about 40 immigrants ran into trouble off the southern Florida coast overnight. Several people were still believed missing from the vessel, carrying mostly immigrants from the Dominican Republic.
"We got three people deceased and the number of rescued people rose to 30, three of them are in hospitals,'' said US Customs and Border Patrol spokeswoman Elee Erice.
Some of the passengers were found exhausted on shore after they swam to the coast from the vessel.
"We should be looking for another group of nine people, approximately, still missing, according to the information the US Coast Guard got after interrogating people rescued,'' she said.
"We still don't know the nationalities of the deceased. The boat has a Dominican Republic flag, but we don't know yet where it was coming from,'' she said.
"The majority of them are from the Dominican Republic, and four from Brazil,'' said US Coast Guard spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson.
From: Dominican Republic
Oh! NOoooo Not the DOminicans......Not another Boat....There was one last week... One this week wow Maybe instead of a Metro they ought to invest in building boats....YOU BOAT PEOPLE YOU.
Written by: BASTA, 1 Nov 2008 10:22 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Well Lio-nelly how is it possible that our people are killing them self’s trying to leave your fantasy island? You are a very sad leader.
Written by: anthonyC, 1 Nov 2008 11:28 AM
From: United States
How stupid are these people?
Taking that POS boat from the Bahamas to South Florida? Thinking they won't get caught?
Written by: antonioj, 1 Nov 2008 3:55 PM
From: Canada, home safe
Sad indeed, God bless their soul, they will be missed !! a human tragedy each time something like that happened.
Written by: juanb, 1 Nov 2008 4:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Too bad our Navy officers were more interested in their drug business. Of course had the yola operators paid them something...............
Written by: anthonyC, 1 Nov 2008 4:24 PM
From: United States
"Written by: juanb, 1 Nov 2008 4:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Too bad our Navy officers were more interested in their drug business. Of course had the yola operators paid them something..............."
Sorry juanb.
That boat came from the Bahamas. Most likely they made their way to the southern Bahamas individually or in small groups then made their way to Nassau which is a Major jumping off point for illegal immigration. Just ask the Haitians
Written by: antonio1, 1 Nov 2008 7:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
We need more Dominican in Miami, not only the boat people but those that live in other part of the US, please come on down the weather is perfect and DR is only 1:50 away, we have bachateros and merengue every weekend and the beeches are better and warmer then the one up north. NO STATE TAX y 10 PLATANO POR UN PESO.
Written by: anthonyC, 1 Nov 2008 7:48 PM
From: United States
"Written by: antonio1, 1 Nov 2008 7:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic
We need more Dominican in Miami,
HAHAHAHA,
Allahpatta is crowded enough so stay up there in Washington Heights.
Written by: antonio1, 1 Nov 2008 8:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
Allahpatta = Miami, no way , come on down guys//
Written by: talia, 1 Nov 2008 8:24 PM
From: United States
This story was on univision last night.
Written by: anthonyC, 1 Nov 2008 11:53 PM
From: United States
Yea Come on down.
Plenty of space on NW 36 Street,
8 chopos to a room. Crack is cheap.
Written by: antonio1, 2 Nov 2008 12:05 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
The corner of 36th ave and 17s is the starting point; club tipicop Dominican to the left and boulevard Cafe to the right .
Written by: Jander, 2 Nov 2008 12:42 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Please have some respect for the ones who died and contempt for the coyote's/ a-holes who organize these trips no matter where the origin.
Thank whomever you pray to or owe your priveleged life too.
Written by: Matthew, 2 Nov 2008 6:26 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Well said Jander.
Written by: tejano, 2 Nov 2008 10:14 AM
From: United States
this is such a tragedy. It is sad to see people so desperate to leave their homeland seeking a better way of life. Part of the tradgedy is the Dominican government is so caught up in corruption that they would rather buy tucanos to shoot down political enemies and build a metro to no where instead of providing basic education and services for it's own people.
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
Written by: antonio1, 1 Nov 2008 7:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic
We need more Dominican in Miami, not only the boat people but those that live in other part of the US, please come on down the weather is perfect and DR is only 1:50 away, we have bachateros and merengue every weekend and the beeches are better and warmer then the one up north. NO STATE TAX y 10 PLATANO POR UN PESO.
i went to move down there but there are no jobs ....... houses have gotten cheaper there thou
From: United States, Texas
My condolences to the relatives left behind, unfortunately the living are the ones left with the suffering. These souls are in a better place. Now I thought the US is the most hated country in the world? people still willing to pay with their lives.
Written by: TFISKE 
, 4 Nov 2008 12:07 PM
From: Canada, Alberta
BASTA,
You are a very sad man!
I blame your mother for giving birth to you or is that LF fault also!
You and Josean must live together
From: United States
NO STATE TAX y 10 PLATANO POR UN PESO...... and no reeeeeal jobs!
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Nov 2008 5:40 PM
From: United States
Ther are jobs in Florida but Florida is a Right to Work State.
That means you have to actually perform at your job!!!
No NYC Slackers wanted.
BTW I am hiring.
From: United States
The right to work?......... or slack thru the day because I can't be fired.
From: Haiti
Oh yeah finally some of you can see that Haitian and Dominican is not that different, how come I don't see nothing from the boat that was going to puertorico who had trouble at the mona chanel? It says that the 5 survivors eat one of the dead to survive,OMG we 'r not there yet we haitian....but RIP you brave people who died trying to flee misery.....oh bydaway a school collapse in Haiti hope when they post it on dominicantoday, you guys gonna have some respect for all these kids that get killed in this tragedy....thanks
Written by: Sigma, 8 Nov 2008 11:39 AM
From: United States, Dom Rep/Haiti
Yes this is truly sad.
RIP.
But I bet if it was Haitians that had ate their dead to survive this forum would go crazy on how Haitians are cannibals and this and that.
Again it proves Haiti and the Dom Rep are not so diferent after all and the Dominican have the same urge as the Haitians to leave their country and enter another illegally.
We have the same problems, maybe at a different level, but basically the same.
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Taking that POS boat from the Bahamas to South Florida? Thinking they won't get caught?
From: Dominican Republic
Too bad our Navy officers were more interested in their drug business. Of course had the yola operators paid them something..............."
Sorry juanb.
That boat came from the Bahamas. Most likely they made their way to the southern Bahamas individually or in small groups then made their way to Nassau which is a Major jumping off point for illegal immigration. Just ask the Haitians
From: Dominican Republic
We need more Dominican in Miami,
HAHAHAHA,
Allahpatta is crowded enough so stay up there in Washington Heights.
Plenty of space on NW 36 Street,
8 chopos to a room. Crack is cheap.
Thank whomever you pray to or owe your priveleged life too.
From: Dominican Republic
We need more Dominican in Miami, not only the boat people but those that live in other part of the US, please come on down the weather is perfect and DR is only 1:50 away, we have bachateros and merengue every weekend and the beeches are better and warmer then the one up north. NO STATE TAX y 10 PLATANO POR UN PESO.
i went to move down there but there are no jobs ....... houses have gotten cheaper there thou
You are a very sad man!
I blame your mother for giving birth to you or is that LF fault also!
You and Josean must live together
That means you have to actually perform at your job!!!
No NYC Slackers wanted.
BTW I am hiring.
RIP.
But I bet if it was Haitians that had ate their dead to survive this forum would go crazy on how Haitians are cannibals and this and that.
Again it proves Haiti and the Dom Rep are not so diferent after all and the Dominican have the same urge as the Haitians to leave their country and enter another illegally.
We have the same problems, maybe at a different level, but basically the same.