Manila: Survivors from a ferry that sank after encountering steering problems in the central Philippines said on September 14 that they were tossed about by the churning sea in darkness for six hours while praying and clinging to an overturned life raft before a passing ship rescued them. \r\nRescuers, including the crew on two passing foreign vessels, plucked at least 110 survivors, including the Cabag couple, from the dangerously shifting waters. They recovered at least three bodies from the M/V Maharlika II, which listed and sank at nightfall on September 13, Red Cross aid worker Edward Barbero said. |
