The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim, and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar. But he clung to the empty drum and struggled across the water with it for about 2 ...

Rohingya Muslims escaping the violence in their homeland of Myanmar are now so desperate that some are swimming to safety in neighboring Bangladesh, even if they have never been in the water before.

Six drums will be transported using special equipment from Redondo Beach to El Segundo By Jonathan Lloyd and Annette Arreola •Published February 18, 2013•Updated on February 18, 2013 at 1:57 pm ...