Melissa Fleming : A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors

Melissa Fleming·TEDxThessaloniki
A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors
Summary
The speaker’s question: Could we be inspired by what happened, and take a stand for a world in which every life matters?

The story tells us a really true core. The important things are not that two refugees could survive, that the life was small, that 498 people drowned and died, and that smugglers were notorious. Just, it’s better that people can thrive where they are so they don’t become refugees who ride dangerous boats.
And then, the news that two people could survive makes more people ride boats, it’s strange, right? It leads more people to dying.
You must understand the answer to the speaker’s question.

Words in this story
drown,drowned,drowned /drάʊn/ droun/ verb/ die through submersion in and inhalation of water.