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Denise A. Hunyadi
Member
Username: dahunyadi
Post Number: 129
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 2:14 pm: | 
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It seems we can't go more than a couple weeks without hearing of another ferry disaster. This time it happened in Ghana with a loss of at least 120 lives. Here's a link to a story about it from CNN's web site: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/10/ghana.boat/index.html
The article states that local police "have been warning boat owners about overcrowding for the past few weeks." Apparently, the news of other recent capsizings reached Ghana, but the lessons didn't.
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Denise A. Hunyadi
Member
Username: dahunyadi
Post Number: 130
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 4:52 pm: |
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Another story, this time from Yahoo News with a map of Ghana showing where the accident happened: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060410/ap_on_re_af/ghana_boat_disaster_3
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 9759
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 5:58 pm: |
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>>Apparently, the news of other recent capsizings reached Ghana, but the lessons didn't. <<
All too predictable I'm afraid. Something happens, there's a hue and a cry with calls for somebody to "Do Something" and after a short time, it's back to business as usual. I wonder how many more bodybags need to be filled before these operators begin to realize that business as usual is a bad idea!
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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