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The big Tragedy in our Country:

Accident of the boat named "Joola"

( The events and reasons of the accident )

In the night of Thursday, September 26th, 2002, the "Joola" boat which connected Dakar to the southern City of Ziguinchor capsized in the territorial Gambian sea. There were the storm and a strong wind. It was transporting around 1034 persons, commodities and cars. The authorities and the Senegalese people knowing nothing about the accident until the next day at seven o'clock am.

What are the reasons of the accident?

• The captain of the boat has not checked the boat capacity before travelling
• The baggages in the boat were not well packed
• The ferry was too full: overloaded by baggages and people
• Just one out of two engines was working
• The ferry was not qualified to navigate on the sea
• It was much slow because of it's weight
• The storm and the strong wind were coming opposite the boat
• The capacity of the boat was five hundred fifty five passengers and the day of the tragedy there were more than a thousand passengers in the boat : students, traders, tourists... The bad weather intensified the problems and this is the origin of the accident and the death of many people.

For us, the main reason of this tragedy is the unconscious acts of the senegalese people. For example, a violent wind was predicted by the Meteo but they allowed the boat to navigate.

From Aïda Djigo, Binta Thiam, Yaye Sokhna Diouf, Aïssatou Diouf, Adama Sylla, Maïmouna Mbaye, Aby Kane, Ndeye Fatou Diouf, Yaye Katy Ndiaye, Oumou Khalsoum Sène, Mbegué Ane, Aminata Dior Ndiaye, Seydina Issa laye Samb, Mahadi Sow, Aïssatou Mariam Dione, Samuel Faye, Ismaïla Guèye, Ndèye Aïda Diop.