Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada; 4 dead, 15 missing

At least 4 crew members killed and 15 missing from a 22-person crew after the fishing vessel sank in rough seas off Newfoundland.

In the early hours of a February Tuesday, the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo slipped beneath the cold Atlantic some 450 kilometers off Newfoundland, carrying with it the fates of 22 men drawn from three nations and one of the world's oldest maritime traditions. Four were recovered lifeless; three survived; fifteen remained unaccounted for in waters that offer little mercy in winter. The sea has always exacted this kind of toll from those who work it, and once again the fishing communities of Galicia — and the families of Peruvian and Ghanaian crew members — were left to wait at the ed

Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada; 4 dead, 15 missing

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