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March 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“We intend to lift the vessel and drag it to the shore,” navy
Commander Gulzar Hossain, who is leading the operation, told AFP.
“But it is tilted on its side and the river is very deep. We fear a lot
of dead bodies are stuck inside,” he said. “It is heavy as it was
also laden with a cargo of hundreds of sacks of chilli.”
The exact number of people on the ferry was uncertain as manifest lists are
seldom maintained properly in Bangladesh and many travellers buy their
tickets when on board.
“As soon as the ferry started to sink with a loud noise, we woke up from
sleeping,” said survivor Rina Begum as she stood near the accident site
on Tuesday.
“Everyone was screaming. I jumped through a window, but my husband could
not. I was rescued by a vessel one and a half hours later. I have 15
relatives missing. We were part of a wedding party.”
Hundreds of people, including the distraught family and friends of victims,
waited at the river’s edge for a second day.
Mahbubul Alam, secretary of the Inland Water Transport Authority, said the
vessel, which was built in 1991, appeared to have sunk rapidly after the
collision.
An investigation has been ordered, he added.
Source: agencies
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