Three migrants spent 11 days sitting on the rudder of an oil tanker traveling across the Atlantic.

[middletech]

Can you imagine being so desperate to escape a country to do that?

[sixthsky]

Literal definition of “it was all for nothing”

[tarynnunez]

I cannot even fathom the desperation, terror, physical stress, anxiety.

[jimmy_flaps]

For clarification, they didn't spend the entire 11 days perched only on the rudder. There was a small compartment above the rudder that they were able to climb up into to rest, and also where they had stored their belongings, food and water.

[aslightlystablefootsoldier]

Bro’s necks must’ve been on another level of aches

[ericaesqueda]

This is so heartbreaking. Makes my mundane complaints sad and pathetic. So many people all over the world have it so much worse than most of us

[philipcheng]

Can you imagine how they held on at night and somehow getting some sleep?

[anhw]

Nigeria has one of the world’s largest oil reserves. Yet Lagos still has brown outs and people feel the need to escape the country even if they had to risk their lives. This is what corruption and bag governance would do.

[draned]

This is so sad that they went all that way to just be sent back.
I'm sorry if this started any arguments or negative things, I didn't expect this to blow up.

[TheLonelyFuture]

"Yea that's nice and all YOU GOTTA GO BACK"

💀they tried it💀

[kerall]

Desperation makes one do unthinkable things to escape or survive... Wow!

[beefchalupa]

It's absolutely amazing they survived that and stayed on the rudders, must've been the calmest seas of all time

[sid]

Imagine going 11 days without food and water, being subjected to the harsh elements, only to be returned back to the place you risked everything to leave :I

[thecrazzyplace]

Knowing just one slip on such a small space and you’re stranded in the middle of the ocean awaiting certain death

[divyasasidharan]

Most of us will never experience this level of hardship, they wouldn't have even realised how bad it will be

[kieranblest]

You know those 3 were gunna hustle hard asf once they got healthy

[ttff-bdyf]

Their kids will never hear the end of this.

[nielascension]

Damn imagine being down there in the middle of the Ocean pitch dark

[tikitakaenthusiast_]

They suffered so much just to get uno reversed back to Lagos 😭💀

[ernieRUOK]

Nigeria is so resource rich, but corruption keeps their people down. It’s awful.