On 23 May 2017, 1,004 people were rescued from 11 boats in distress - 9 rubber boats and two wooden boats - in the Mediterranean Sea. During the rescue, the Libyan coastguard approached boats in distress, intimidated the passengers and then fired gunshots into the air, threatening people’s lives and creating mayhem, ending with over 60 people in the water. While the SOS MEDITERRANEE and MSF teams pulled 67 people out of the water, no one was injured or reported missing. Despite the chaos, teams from MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE were able to safely bring 1,004 people, including a two-week-old baby, on board the Aquarius. All were disembarked in Salerno, Italy on 26 May.