Terrible.
Praying for them and their families.
Overloaded ferry + typhoon = disaster. Check.
I will bet some serious money and give two to one odds that that boat was well over its capacity.
Only four people are so far known to have survived the ferry disaster and they said many passengers did not make it off the MV Princess of Stars in time.Very sad. Prayers for the families.Crowded life-rafts sank in the cold, storm-tossed seas whipped up Typhoon Fengshen's 120mph winds.
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"There was just one announcement over the megaphone, about 30 minutes before the ship tilted to its side. Immediately after I jumped, the ship tilted, the older people were left on the ship."
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The Princess of Stars ran aground at first but the coastguards and other services were unable to reach it because of huge swells and bad weather caused by Typhoon Fengshen, which has been crossing central Philippines.