On the 1st of October, protesters supporting the Global Salmud Flotilla rented two of the “swan boats” on Orlando’s Lake Eola for a solidarity action as the flotilla reached the point of maximum risk. This was as IOF pirate ships harassed the flotilla and took hostages including multiple US residents from some of the boats. Many others evaded this attack, saturating it with sheer numbers.
UPDATE 2AM: as this is published, one of the flotilla vessels has penetrated to within 9 miles of the Gaza shoreline.
UPDATE: this is a list of confirmed US hostages taken from some of the flotilla vessels by the IOF earlier today:
- Torleif Stumo (MA)
- Jasmine Ikeda (WA)
- Geraldine Ramirez (AZ)
- Stephen Wahab (OR)
- Leila Hegazy (NY)
- Christopher Hausler (US citizen)
- Alexander Colston (NY)