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A Rhode Island mother is searching for a way to get her kids back home from Mexico, where they have become stranded without passports following a medical emergency on a cruise vacation, NBC 10 WJAR reports.
Sarah Martin told the station she sent her kids on the spring break vacation, which departed from Miami, with their grandparents. They were “having the time of their lives,” she said, until their grandmother had a heart attack, requiring she and the children to be transported to Cozumel, Mexico, where she remains in a medically-induced coma.
The children did not carry their passports with them on the cruise, so Martin told WJAR she has been asking the U.S. Embassy for assistance in getting her kids home. Her 8-year-old son, she said, is days away from running out of his epilepsy medication.
“They keep on asking me the same thing, ‘Mommy, how am I gonna get back to you?’ And it’s just really sad because I don’t have an answer,” Martin said.
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A car carrying a family of three went into the Seekonk River in Rhode Island Sunday evening, authorities said.
The vehicle entered the river near the Taft Street boat ramp shortly before 7:30 p.m., Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said in a statement.
A bystander riding a jet ski heard the car dive into the water and attempted to help, while another witness called 911, according to Goncalves.
First responders arrived within three minutes of the emergency call, Goncalves noted.
The vehicle’s three occupants are believed to still be inside, The Boston Globe reported.
Recovery efforts resumed Monday, with Pawtucket police and fire personnel working alongside Rhode Island State Police and other state agencies to remove the vehicle from the river, Goncalves said.
“Conditions are extremely challenging for dive teams due to the strong current and poor underwater visibility,” she added.
A video released by the Globe shows the car being recovered from the water Monday afternoon.
Authorities have not released the identities or conditions of the occupants.
“We ask that you please keep the family and their loved ones in your prayers as our first responders continue recovery efforts,” Goncalves said.
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(WJAR) — Rhode Island leaders will announce millions in funding for road improvements in Aquidneck Island on Monday.
Members of the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation will announce $19,250,000 in federal funding for the project.
File image of traffic in Aquidneck Island. (WJAR)
It’s meant to improve road and sidewalk conditions on the island.
This will include high-visibility crosswalks to improve pedestrian safety.
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Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman Gabe Amo are expected to attend.
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