(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 11 - A young girl, aged around 11, who was rescued off Lampedusa by the Trotamar migrant-rescue sailboat and taken to the Sicilian island early on Wednesday, is believed to be ...

Trotamar III skipper Matthias Wiedenlübbert said they heard her cries in the darkness around 3:20 a.m. Wednesday (9:20 p.m. ET Tuesday). The boat, which had been on its way to another rescue, ...

The girl was discovered by chance by the Trotamar III, a boat belonging to the refugee rescue charity Compass Collective, and was likely the only survivor among 45 people on board when her vessel ...

The Trotamar III team has assisted 1,700 people, providing lifejackets and remaining on-site until authorities could intervene. In severe cases, the stranded are brought aboard the sailboat.

Compass Collective's boat was already out at sea, but it was only by chance that the crew heard the girl's calls in the darkness at 3:20 a.m. Trotamar III's crew cared for the girl, and she was ...

While they typically assist larger vessels, the crew members of the 13-meter-long German Trotamar III sometimes perform urgent sea rescues, as they did in this case.

The girl was saved by a German-flagged sailboat named Trotamar III, which brought her to Lampedusa on Wednesday morning, according to the German charity Compass Collective that has been operating ...

The group's Trotamar III vessel "heard the calls in the darkness" of the girl Wednesday morning at approximately 2:20 am (0120 GMT) while heading to another emergency.

Compass Collective's boat was already out at sea, but it was only by chance that the crew heard the girl's calls in the darkness at 3:20 a.m. Trotamar III's crew cared for the girl, and she was ...

Compass Collective's boat was already out at sea, but it was only by chance that the crew heard the girl's calls in the darkness at 3:20 a.m. Trotamar III's crew cared for the girl, and she was ...

LAMPEDUSA, AG — An 11-year-old girl survived three days at sea after a ship wrecked off the coast of Italy in a storm. She is likely the only survivor out of the 45 people who were on board ...