article_snippet.sent: The deadliest migrant tragedy on the Mediterranean so far took this year's death toll on the waters to a staggering 1,800.
article_snippet.sent: this year's death toll came as three other people - including a tiny child - died when a rickety wooden boat ran aground on the Greek island of Rhodes.
article_snippet.sent: Heart-broken: Some could not hold back the tears as Some remembered those who died in one of the Mediterranean's deadliest ever migrant tragedies .
article_snippet.sent: Infra-red images showed the few people who were rescued off Libya's coast on Sunday, while over 900 tragically died .
article_snippet.sent: Only 28 people were rescued and the 24 bodies recovered from Sunday's disaster when the smugglers' boat capsized near Libya with hundreds trapped inside were never recovered.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile a visibly emotional Navy Lieutenant admitted 'we didn't arrive quite in time to save migrants who died at sea Memorial: Catholic association activists pray with candle lights in front of Verano Cemetery
article_snippet.sent: You matter.' a visibly emotional Navy Lieutenant said: 'we proceeded out at sea with the hope of course to save as many people as we could but unfortunately we didn't arrive quite in time to save migrants who died at sea.
article_snippet.sent: Mark Merceica added: 'we were really disappointed and you could feel this through the entire crew, we were really hoping to arrive in time.'
article_snippet.sent: Local men on the Greek island of Rhodes waded into the surf to save migrants on a rickety wooden boat filled with migrants that had run aground .
article_snippet.sent: Three people died in the tragedy, among Three people a tiny boy (pictured) whose body was seen being carried to land on a white paddle boat .
article_snippet.sent: Coward: Later survivors (pictured) told
article_snippet.sent: Sky News Later survivors (pictured) captain had simply 'run away' when their captain lost control of a white paddle boat .
highlights_snippet.sent: In memory of Libyan refugees who died on a smugglers' vessel on Sunday .
  