john millman, thank you so much for joining us.. >> wonder you made the point that these people could have been saved. what more could have been and should have been done? and how could they have done it? >> reporter: >> well, we know that the time from last november when the italian authorities programmed for patrolling the area was in effect, there was a much larger footprint, a much more aggressive patrolling a much larger boats. we would think that with larger crafts and more crafts out there, we would have seen a possibility that some more of these victims could have been rescued. you know, the ones who died that we reported on monday the 29 who died of hypothermia, all had been recovered by italian coast guard, but we don't know that the ship were large enough to accommodate them safely or that there were medical personnel or medical facilities on board. and sadly, 28 dies on that ship and another 29 died in the hospital. we would say it's very stark, patrolling larger ships and larger forces out in the sea, probably would ha