#148 - The Vietnamese Boat People, with Misty Ty and Mymy Huynh

Misty Ty is a documentary film maker. Her father, Robert Ty, was the owner of a shipping company whose cargo ship, The Tung An, encountered a fishing vessel with over 200 people. Mymy Huynh was one of the children on that boat.

The Vietnamese Boat People were refugees who fled Vietnam by sea after the fall of Saigon in 1975, escaping communist rule and persecution. Over one million people would flee. Several hundred thousand would perish due to storms, starvation, pirate attacks, and overcrowded boats. In response to the humanitarian crisis, Canada would introduce its private refugee sponsorship program, and resettle tens of thousands of Indochinese.

Misty's website for the project is thetungan.com. She would love to hear from anyone who was on, or whose relatives that were on, the Tung An.

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