With the Phoenix and two rigid-hulled rubber boats, the team will head out into the Mediterranean May 2 along with two doctors and a nurse from Doctors Without Borders. MOAS works with local search and rescue authorities, using its own drones to locate and photograph ships in distress and relay the coordinates to authorities. The MOAS teams respond themselves when directed to do so, providing initial rescue and medical care until authorized ships arrive on the scene.
The team is headed by a former Maltese defense chief and consists of about 20 people. In its first year of operation, some 3,000 people were rescued over 60 days, said Christopher Catrambone, a native of New Orleans who moved to Malta with his Italian wife and their daughter in 2008.
In its first year, MOAS was funded entirely by the Catrambone family. Last fall, they launched a crowd-funding initiative to help defray the 600,000 euro ($644,000) a month operating costs.
"None of us want these catastrophes to happen anymore," Regina Catrambone said. "Nobody wants to see the Mediterranean as a cemetery."span>
Praying and looking for a response
Then read about these lovly folk from the island of Malta
It a real difficult issue
Love the line
"We do not want the Mediterranean to become a graveyard"
So they invested own money bought a ship and are going out,to search and rescue people"
God bless,guide,protect them
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