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Somali migrants in a disabled skiff wait for assistance from U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. Children aboard the disabled skiff were transported to the USS Lake Champlain separately.

Somali migrants in a disabled skiff wait for assistance from U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. Children aboard the disabled skiff were transported to the USS Lake Champlain separately.

Somali migrants in a disabled skiff wait for assistance from U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. Children aboard the disabled skiff were transported to the USS Lake Champlain separately.

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