15 illegal immigrants stranded on Calif. island

[alp227]

Source: Associated Press

(07-11) 09:08 PDT Ventura, Calif. (AP) --

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 15 illegal immigrants stranded for three days on an island off Southern California.

One of the stranded immigrants called 911 on Friday night to say they were left on Santa Cruz Island and didn't have food or water. The island is 19 miles off Ventura.

Petty Officer Adam Eggers tells the Ventura County Star it's an unusual smuggling case because authorities aren't usually contacted by the illegal immigrants themselves.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/11/national/a090817D98.DTL

[geomon666]

1. They were left for dead.

Good enough reason to contact the authorities to me.

[slackmaster]

2. Which authorities?

The National Park Service or the INS?

[humblebum]

3. Gilligan was an illegal alien on his island too. nt

[ManiacJoe]

4. Beats being thrown overboard.

[XemaSab]

5. How interesting

They must not have known that there are people out there all the time. :shrug: