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The History Hour: The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes

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The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes

30/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes

The sinking of a migrant boat 10 years ago, and the world's first cat cafe in Taiwan.

We hear about the sinking of a migrant boat 10 years ago off the coast of Italy, the man who removed radioactive fuel from a reactor in Vietnam, and the first cat cafe.

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the sinking of a migrant boat off Lampedusa in 2013 which was one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks. 
Also, we find out about Wally Hendrickson, the US physicist who volunteered to be dropped into the front line of the Vietnam War to remove fuel rods from a reactor.
Plus, the opening of the world's first cat cafe in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998.

Contributors:
Amnasager Araya who survived the Lampedusa tragedy after being rescued by Vito Fiorino.
Annalisa Camilli, correspondent for Internazionale magazine.     
Wally Hendrickson who removed the fuel rods from the reactor in Vietnam.   
André Turcat, the French pilot of Concorde’s maiden flight.    
The star of the telenovela, Kassandra, Coraima Torres, and Tony Paez who distributed the show.     
Tracy Chang, founder of the first cat cafe in Taiwan. 

(Photo: A woman on a boat heading for Lampedusa. Credit: Getty Images)

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