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I am sitting here pondering why the world has been following the awful tragedy of the five people lost in a submersible on a tourist visit to see the Titanic, while attention seems absent regarding the hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of migrants seeking freedom and peace in the Mediterranean.
Who makes these life-and-death decisions? Why aren’t big ships being sent to help the migrants before they die at sea? Sadly, it seems to me that it says a lot about our societies.
Edwyna Spiegel
Seattle, Wash.
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