Thursday, June 26, 2008

Divers Retrieve Bodies from Capsized Ferry

The latest news from San Fernando, Philippines is that bodies in life jackets washed up on islands and drifted at sea Wednesday as more than 100 divers probed deeper inside a Philippine ferry that capsized during a powerful typhoon. So far the divers have only found bodies, but the wer enot willing to give up hope of finding more survivors among the more than 800 people missiing since the seven-story ferry listed and went down Saturday. Transportation Undersecretary Maria Elena Bautista said she was still hoping for "A miraculous air pocket somewhere in the ship." There are 95 Filipino and eight American divers taking part in the search.

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