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Denise A. Hunyadi
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Username: dahunyadi
Post Number: 235
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 3:12 pm: | 
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A sad end to the year as yet another ferry goes down with hundreds of casualties.
A "crowded" ferry headed from Borneo to Java broke up and sank in a violent storm Friday night. Approximately 600 passengers are still missing. The article below reports that it got ugly as passengers fought over lifejackets when the ship began to roll over.
You can read the story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_ferry_sinks_9
And, here's a link to another story about this most recent ferry disaster:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-30-ship_x.htm
Denise |
Joćo Carlos Pereira Martins
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Username: keen_on_titanic
Post Number: 426
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 1, 2007 - 7:45 pm: |
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It seems the rescue teams have rescued about 200 people from the water so far! |
Martin Owen Cahill
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Username: martin
Post Number: 429
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 - 8:45 pm: |
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When will these people learn to stop overloading their ships? It happens everytime that it is becoming rather ho hum another one.
Martin
"No Sir, We just hit the cruiser"
helmsman on Queen Mary
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