Because They’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

“When you have a boat that is equipped for ten fishermen and you have 400 people on board, including women and children, without life jackets, this boat needs to be rescued.” We’ve all read the stories about the often deadly Mediterranean journeys by migrants and refugees looking to escape poverty and war. Christopher Catrambone, an entrepreneur from Louisiana, decided to get a big boat and rescue as many of them as he could. And Outside’s Joshua Hammer went along for the ride.

+ The disturbing photos of children who have washed up on the shores have created a debate about whether we should be forced to see such images. That’s a non-issue (of course we should — If your kid has to take a flimsy boat across dangerous seas to escape a war zone, then my kid can definitely handle looking at the photos.). As Michael Daly writes, “The only medium- and long-term solution for this horrific global problem is to build peace in the war zones of Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia.”