Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Families March to China Ship Rescue Site as Survivor Hopes Fade



By Engen Tham and John Ruwitch

JIANLI, China (Reuters) – Dozens of family members walked in protest on Wednesday to the rescue site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River, asking for news of their relatives who are missing after the worst shipping disaster in modern Chinese history.

Rescuers searched for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading.

Only 14 people, including the ship’s captain, have been found alive since the ship capsized in a freak tornado on Monday night with 456 people on board. Just 26 bodies have been recovered. 


Source: Euronews

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