A Pakistani national soccer team player who died in a migrant shipwreck off of Italy's southern coast embarked on the voyage to find medical treatment for her disabled 3-year-old son, her sister and a friend said. Hospitals had told her that help overseas could be her only option. Shahida Raza, who also played for Pakistan's national field hockey team and was from Quetta in southwestern Balochistan Province, was one of at least 67 people who perished when the overcrowded wooden boat they were traveling in broke apart in rough waters in the Ionian Sea off of Calabria on February 26. To read the original story by AP, click here.
National Athlete Dead In Shipwreck Left Pakistan To Help Disabled Son
A group photo of a soccer team that includes Shahida Raza is displayed for the media at her home in Quetta.