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A member of the U.S. Navy visit, board, search, and seizure team carries a five-year-old Somali migrant to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain after being rescued from a disabled skiff in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. The skiff was ferrying 52 passengers when Lake Champlain helicopter pilots spotted it in distress while patrolling the area.

COMFORTING A CHILD

A member of the U.S. Navy visit, board, search, and seizure team carries a five-year-old Somali migrant to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain after being rescued from a disabled skiff in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. The skiff was ferrying 52 passengers when Lake Champlain helicopter pilots spotted it in distress while patrolling the area.

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