Two men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to wreckage for an hour before being killed in a second attack, a video shown to US senators revealed. The survivors were shirtless, unarmed, and carried no communication gear. They appeared unaware they were targeted again and tried to flip the damaged boat upright before dying. This strike on September 2 was part of a series of 22 US military attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, resulting in at least 87 deaths. The Pentagon announced another strike Thursday that killed four men on a suspected narcotics boat in the eastern Pacific. The US Southern Command posted the video of this lethal strike, stating the vessel belonged to a "Designated Terrorist Organization" transporting illegal drugs. The September 2 attack saw nine crew killed initially by an airburst munition, with two survivors later targeted. Admiral Frank Bradley, who led the operation, told lawmakers no explicit order existed to kill all on board, contradicting reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered, "kill them all." Donald Trump shared the initial strike video but has not yet released footage of the second attack that killed the survivors. Democratic Congressman Jim Himes said the video was "one of the most troubling things I’ve seen," condemning the military for attacking shipwrecked sailors. Republicans defended the operation as legal. Senator Tom Cotton claimed the survivors were trying to "stay in the fight," a view disputed by legal experts citing international law forbidding attacks on incapacitated or shipwrecked individuals. The US Department of Defense Law of War manual calls firing on shipwreck survivors "clearly illegal." Legal scholars and experts call the strikes potential war crimes, criticizing the Trump administration's claim that drug smugglers are combatants. Critics demand full transparency and legal clarity on these deadly military operations conducted in international waters.