Posted on 08/28/2004 12:22:59 PM PDT by sully777
16 Dead After Boat Capsizes in Vietnam Saturday, August 28, 2004
CAN THO, Vietnam — A boat capsized in heavy winds on a river in northern Vietnam (search), killing 16 people, an official said Saturday.
The motor boat was ferrying 19 people on the Bang River (search) in Hoanh Bo district, Quang Ninh province, when it overturned Thursday, an official from the provincial waterway traffic police said on condition of anonymity.
Only three women swam to safety or were rescued by villagers, he said...
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Kerry could have pulled them all out and got 16 Silver Stars and 64 Purple Hearts in the process.
DID THEY FIND RASSMAN????
Actually it was called "Democratic Kampuchea", wouldn't you know;)
'"Democratic Kampuchea", wouldn't you know;)'
I didn't know, but George Orwell is proven more prescient as each decade passes.
Vietnamese rivers are not safe for man, woman, special forces, CIA operatives, nor puppydogs named VC.
John Kerry coulda saved them, after he committed warcrimes with his .50 cal
I heard Kerry made a surprise visit to the Olympic Games.
He only stayed 40 minutes but won 6 medals.
Another couple of million hard core Viet communists drown and I might care.
C
No, he was in Cambodia. Or so the latest story goes...
He only stayed 40 minutes but won 6 medals.
Yeah, but he threw some of a fellow athlete's ribbons over the fence. He plans to write for replacements at a later date.
I want to see headlines: "Swifties sink kerry*s boat...with him IN it."
That is a total SMEAR by wealthy South Vietnamese partisans.
Every Naval document from that day shows that Lt John Kerry rescued them, and it wasn't 3, it was 33.
Can we stop talking about these dead people, this happened a long long time ago, many many hours ago, can we just get back to platitudes about jobs and health care?
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