Dominicans: Deadly Voyage Seemed Doomed From Start (ap)

FILE - In this Sunday Feb. 5, 2012 file photo, a policeman checks a coffin containing the remains of a drowning victim at the Elupina Cordero Hospital in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic, working with local fishermen and other volunteers, recovered the bodies of 52 people from Samana Bay following one of the worst accidents involving a migrant boat in recent years. Thirteen pasengers survived, including a man who was one of the journey's organizers and may now face criminal charges. (AP Photo/File)AP – Looking back, survivors say, the voyage seemed doomed from the start: The weather was bad and the clearly overloaded boat seemed barely seaworthy as it set out in the inky pre-dawn darkness in what was supposed to be a 36-hour journey to Puerto Rico.

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