May 22, 2026. Những thuyền nhân không tới được bến bờ. The Ones Who Didn't Land (song ngữ)

May 22, 2026

A Memorial for the Vietnamese Boat People Who Died at Sea — 1975–1995 Tưởng Niệm Những Người Việt Tị Nạn Đã Chết Trên Biển — 1975–1995 Between 1975 and 1995, an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 Vietnamese boat people died at sea on Biển Đông — the East Sea. They fled war, persecution, and poverty. They sailed in wooden boats no larger than fishing vessels. They faced pirates, storms, starvation, and drowning. Some saw the lights of refugee camps. Some saw land. Some died within sight of shore — ninety percent of drowning happens within sight of land. --- "I wrote this with a dried, broken heart. The tears were already cried by the ocean. Remember me as the one who sang for the ones who didn't land. " This song is for the ones who didn't land. It is for the mothers who held their babies up one second — then a wave. It is for the fathers who tied their sons to splintered wood. It is for the teenage girl from Bến Tre who sang her little brother's song for thirty hours — then whispered, "Má, I'm tired now," and let go. It is for every child who slipped beneath the wave without a name. And it is for their grandchildren — who finally stand on freedom ground. You are the shore they died reaching for. Live like it. --- A voice from the shore they died reaching for.Vietlondon@Music