Athlete dead in shipwreck left Pakistan to help disabled son

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A Pakistani national soccer team player who died in a migrant shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast embarked on the voyage to find medical treatment for her 3-year-old son, who suffers from brain damage and partial paralysis, her sister and a friend said.

In this handout photo provided by Pakistan Hockey Federation on Thursday, March 2, 2023, shows women's field hockey player Shahida Raza, in Lahore, Pakistan. Raza was among other migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy's southern coast. The migrants' wooden boat, crammed with passengers who paid smugglers for the voyage from Turkey, broke apart in rough water just off a beach in Calabria before dawn on Sunday.

In this handout photo provided by Pakistan Hockey Federation on Thursday, March 2, 2023, shows women's field hockey player Shahida Raza, in Lahore, Pakistan. Raza was among other migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy's southern coast. The migrants' wooden boat, crammed with passengers who paid smugglers for the voyage from Turkey, broke apart in rough water just off a beach in Calabria before dawn on Sunday.

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