Saturday, December 19, 2009

Australia Today - Australia Now Australian feared drowned


Australian feared drowned

HOPES of finding a missing Australian man alive are fading fast but a 40th survivor has just been found from the ship which sank in rough seas of
f northern Lebanon.

The latest survivor, a Filipino, was recovered today near Syria's Mediterranean coast further north, bringing to 40 the number of people rescued, with 11 dead bodies also found, as search efforts continued.

"Syrian authorities found a survivor off the coast of Tartus aboard a raft," the port authority chief said. "His condition is stable.''

But Tamer added that hope of finding any others was fading.

The Danny F II, a freighter carrying 82 people, sunk in a storm on Thursday.

Its British captain is among those believed to have drowned.

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