Twenty-nine people died of exposure to the cold on a rescue from the sea. They died while being rushed to Lampedusa, the Sicilian island closest to Africa. They were rescued from some of the worst conditions at sea, waves twenty feet high.
Update: here is the story in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/world/europe/migrants-die-after-rescue-by-italys-coast-guard.html
Update: here is the story in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/world/europe/migrants-die-after-rescue-by-italys-coast-guard.html