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Brian Ahern
Member
Username: brian_ahern
Post Number: 200
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 3:33 pm: | 
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Still searching for the missing. Keep hope alive.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_ferry_sinking |
Dave Gittins
Member
Username: gittins
Post Number: 2547
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 7:52 pm: |
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Things are not as bad as first feared. There was the usual over-loading and slipshod record keeping, but lifejackets and warm water have saved most on board.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4668570.stm
Dave Gittins
Titanic: Monument and Warning.
http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/Book.html
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 9312
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:45 am: |
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>>There was the usual over-loading and slipshod record keeping,<<
Ahhhhh yes...different ship, same old song! One of these days, somebody is going to learn and apply the lessons. (Also in the news, Hell will freeze over before that happens!)
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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