A small town in southern Tenerife awakend to the sound of a helicopter's rotor blades resounding along the coast. Those residents and holidaymakers alike that had ventured out early for a quick caffeine fix in a pavement cafe, or a walk along the coastal path to blow the cobwebs away, looked to the sky with an air of puzzlement.
The helicopter had been relentlessly flying over, since the evening of the night before. Darkness had just fallen and the eerie, thump-thump of the blades seemed to drown out all the other noises that can be identified with the pueblo of Las Galletas.
But, the Coastguard and Guardia Civil were frantically searching the Atlantic Ocean for more survivors from the patera that washed up on the shore with 3 children and 13 adults on board. However, these migrants said to be Sahrawis, survived the 5 day trip in their small boat from Morocco on Easter weekend, unlike those 700 that are now feared dead off the coast of Italy.
Many of us are concerned about global warming, cruelty to animals, whether bears, elephants,or tigers, poverty and people displacement. Although all the problems of the world can't be solved in one go, we can all contribute in some way to making our world a better place. #EarthDay
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