On June 7, 1993, at appoximately 2 a.m., the "Golden Venture", a ship
loaded with 296 Chinese illegal aliens and 13 crew members, beached on
the shore of Fort Tilden. 10 persons drowned in their attempts to flee
the stranded ship and get to shore in the United States.
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