The Missing Boat

                    Investigators are looking for any open leads to the "Missing Boat" case. Allegedly, 243 passengers, men, women and children, along with the boat have gone missing without a trace. Three survivors, Yafet, Ibrahim, and Measho spoke out about the incident, and led the US officials to the boat. Yafet went on to mention: “When we knew that the boat was definitely going to sink, me and my three friends from Syria jumped into the sea. We didn’t have any life jackets, just two children’s rubber rings between four of us. We gave them to the two youngest who were only 15 and 17 because they couldn’t really swim,” he told the International Rescue Committee after landing. “Three Iraqis wouldn’t come. They said ‘we can’t swim.’ One of those who stayed used Viber to phone his Dad from the boat. He said ‘Hello Father, the boat is sinking so I will die.’ It was his last message.” But one question still lingers..why did the boat sink in he first place? Ibrahim and Measho's stories kept changing when placed in custody for further questioning, and now officials believe this was an inside job, especially considering Ibrahim and Measho were previously charged for drug trafficking. Could this have been a hit and run drug move? or simply just a malfunction in the boat? What do you think?

-Victor Moore