- Breaking News San Mateo County ninth-graders struggle to stay fit
- Breaking News Food and wine events
- Breaking News Ask Amy: What To Do When the Doctor Isn t in the House
- Breaking News Ed Blonz: Keep your diet normal pre-surgery
Hopes fade for 14 missing seamen in SKorea: coast guard
0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea Wednesday resumed an air and sea search for 14 seamen missing after their freighter sank but officials said it would be a miracle to find anyone still alive.
The chemical carrier Eastern Bright, carrying 2,000 tons of nitric acid, went down in rough seas off the southern port city of Yeosu before dawn Tuesday.
A Myanmarese seaman was rescued about five hours afterwards but 12 Koreans and two Myanmarese remain unaccounted for.
"It would be a miracle if we could find any more survivors in the cold water," a spokesman for the Yeosu Coast Guard told AFP.
A total of 35 navy and coast guard vessels, including a navy minesweeper equipped with sonar, and four aircraft were searching the area.
The navy said the minesweeper...
- Getting to the root of beautiful hair: shiny, silky hair begins with a healthy scalp - includes list of resources and a recipe for an herbal scalp tonic
- Made from scratch: When Honda built a plant in Alabama it also built a workforce-using local workers who had no experience in making cars - Recruitment & Hiring
- Industry Experts Launch Money Management Resources to Help People Overcome Debt and Learn Proper Money Management Practices
- Portfolio forecasting tools: what you need to know
- SAS #82: sword or shield?
- Taylor Fund L.P. Gains 40.53% in Third Quarter
- A multi-class SVM classifier utilizing binary decision tree
- Why fly solo when an executive assistant can accelerate your CLNC® business?