Joshua Bhatt

They had no food or water and they had been three days at sea, when they showed small infants to us, it was a really pathetic sight ... They were asking, 'can you take us to Italy?'.

My humble request, please come alongside ... We have called for permission to take you all on board our vessel. Please understand that the weather is going to be bad.

The weather report was really bad, force 8, Force 9 - which is not good for the boat and it would definitely have sunk with all the people.

We radioed for medical advice. They asked us to inject 100 mg of hydrocortisone, since we were at the coast we requested a chopper for an airlift as it was better to take her off. As seafarers, we cannot do much for emergencies.

I started chasing them. by Joshua Bhatt

I started chasing them.

The sea was roaring in, flooding the entire main deck. by Joshua Bhatt

The sea was roaring in, flooding the entire main deck.