Shipwreck Survivor Tells of Cannibalism
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From Times Wire Reports
Victims of a nightmarish shipwreck stayed alive by eating the bodies of fellow voyagers who died during a three-week ordeal, a Dominican migrant said.
Two people survived the illegal attempt to migrate from the Dominican Republic to neighboring Puerto Rico. About 60 Dominicans are believed to have crowded onto the boat, which suffered engine problems and drifted for weeks without power before it hit a coral reef off Haiti and sank last week.
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