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StoryCast '21: EP4/21 Migrant Rescue
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Episode StoryCast '21: EP4/21 Migrant Rescue
On January 15, 2016, Brussels based Sky News Correspondent Mark Stone received a desperate text message from Syrian refugee, Bassel Shekhany. Shekhany had recently sought asylum in Germany and explained that his family and fiancé, Zanzon, were adrift in the Aegean Sea, after setting out to reach Europe from the Turkish coast, earlier that evening. At the time, crossings of the Mediterranean had claimed the lives of thousands of refugees, many of whom were fleeing the war in Syria. Could he help? New Episode every Monday StoryCast '21: Using the timeframe of the last 21-years, Sky News returns to some of this century's biggest news stories, using the focus of extraordinary personal stories, defined by these events. Migrant Rescue was written and produced by Rob Mulhern Digital and research by Tom Gillespie Special thanks to our contributors, Bassel and Zanzon Shekhany, and Mark Stone Archive, Simon Windsor Recordings and sound design, Rob Mulhern TV treatment, Hope Yeomans TV output editor, Emily Deeker Head of Radio, Sky News, Dave Terris Design and graphics, Brian Gillingham Social media, Chris Scott Press and Marketing, Alexandra Horton Email: storycast@sky.uk For more on this story log on to www.skynews/storycast21 #StoryCast21
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