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Golden Venture: 20 Years After a Tragic Voyage
Twenty years ago, the Golden Venture ran aground off New York. About 300 undocumented Chinese immigrants started to swim to shore. Patrick Radden Keefe writes about what happened to the men and how their their fate fits into the debate on immigration.
Golden Venture Paper Sculpture
Katja Heinemann, a German photographer based in Brooklyn, is documenting the aftermath of the tragic Golden Venture voyage.
Twenty years ago this month, on June 6, 1993, a freighter ran aground on a sandbank offshore from New York.
The ship's cargo included 286 Chinese smuggled-in migrants.
The tragedy, which made world headlines, left 10 people dead as they attempted to reach shore in freezing ocean water.