From the barge that sank on 11 October  three phone calls to rescue had reached the Italian authorities . But the operations center  lost two hours. And at the end they said, ‚ Call Malta ‚ . So  268 Syrians fleeing the war drowned , including 60 children. The video testimony of Mohanad Jammo , the Syrian physician survivor, who lost two sons in the tragedy

Article on La repubblica by Fabrizio Gatti

Full interview in English

http://espresso.repubblica.it/inchieste/2013/11/07/news/