Nils Sandstorm: A Short Story
Two brothers went on a trip from Nepal to Libya. A man named Nils Sandstorm is the lieutenant of the Swedish Coast Guard that was a part of the European Union Operation to rescue boat refugees. They had rescued 665 people and were on their way to the Italian port of Toronto. What Nils did not realize was that many of the people who had been rescued, also lost family while they were still at sea. It was not until many hours later that a Pakistani man and “A much shorter man stood next to him wearing jeans and a yellow Adidas T-shirt with no shoes. The print on the T-shirt read ‘IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING’” had asked him, “Where are the dead bodies? Have they been brought ashore?” The shorter man was Nepalese and had a brother who had not made it and he wanted to know where they would be transporting the bodies.
Nils had discovered that there was a total of fourteen migrants who had died on their journey. The Pakistani began to recount the Nepalese’s journey; he and his brother had traveled most …show more content…
It was over 100 degrees on the Mediterranean, with ruthless sun and barely any wind”, but had he given him a bed than he would have to give all of the other 664 people a bed as well. He felt guilty for the man not having his brother anymore because he knew what it was like to lose his. He tried to explain to the man that he tried his best to help everyone but there are a lot of other people that needed their attention such as, “dehydrated children, sick people, and mothers who were breast-feeding”.
Finally, after eighteen hours they reached the port and everyone was allowed to get off. Except Nils made everyone wait until the Nepalese man got off first, so we would not get lost in the crowd and lose the police that were going to help him find his brother. Once everyone was off the boat Nils went down and told the man “Good luck”, even though he didn’t understand he hoped he
Nils had discovered that there was a total of fourteen migrants who had died on their journey. The Pakistani began to recount the Nepalese’s journey; he and his brother had traveled most …show more content…
It was over 100 degrees on the Mediterranean, with ruthless sun and barely any wind”, but had he given him a bed than he would have to give all of the other 664 people a bed as well. He felt guilty for the man not having his brother anymore because he knew what it was like to lose his. He tried to explain to the man that he tried his best to help everyone but there are a lot of other people that needed their attention such as, “dehydrated children, sick people, and mothers who were breast-feeding”.
Finally, after eighteen hours they reached the port and everyone was allowed to get off. Except Nils made everyone wait until the Nepalese man got off first, so we would not get lost in the crowd and lose the police that were going to help him find his brother. Once everyone was off the boat Nils went down and told the man “Good luck”, even though he didn’t understand he hoped he