- Multi-millionaire businessman Christopher Catrambone and his family set up Migrant Offshore Aid Station in 2013
- They have spent $8million of their own money on a former U.S. military training craft, drones and inflatable boats
- The craft, named the Phoenix, has a crew of 17, including maritime officers, security experts, and qualified medics
- Mr Catrambone and his wife, Regina, respond to distress calls and rescue migrants crossing from Africa to Europe
- So far, they have saved the lives of more than 3,000 people - and are hoping to save thousands more this summer
- Mr Catrambone, 31, who is worth over $10million, runs Tangiers Group, which provides insurance in conflict zones
"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
Saturday, July 11, 2015
How one American entrepreneur spends his summers rescuing migrants from the Mediterranean sea (at a cost of $8MILLION)
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