"His physical condition is weak," Alamsyah, chief of the Disaster
Mitigation Agency in the island's Wajo regency told Reuters. "They are
setting up tight security around him, and he will be interviewed later
for investigation purposes."
Two survivors found, scant hope for dozens from sunken Indonesian ferry(Reuters)
Two survivors were
pulled from the sea in eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, three days after a
ferry they were on sank in stormy waters, but a senior rescue official
said he held out little hope for 74 other passengers still missing.
One
of those found alive was the captain of the ship, which had 118 on
board when it ran into trouble and went down on Saturday in the Gulf of
Bone off Sulawesi island.
"His physical condition is weak," Alamsyah, chief of the Disaster Mitigation Agency in the island's Wajo regency told Reuters. "They are setting up tight security around him, and he will be interviewed later for investigation purposes."
Forty-one
people have now been found alive by rescuers in helicopters, fishing
vessels and rubber dinghies, and three people have been declared dead.
"We will continue searching until the seventh day," Alamsyah said. "Considering
that they have been out there for three times 24 hours, I am a little
bit pessimistic, but we have found two more people alive today, so I am
praying for these 74 people."
One survivor, a
woman who gave her name only as Bertha, told the TvOne news channel
that passengers had heard a crashing sound, then the ferry jolted and
water gushed in as it listed.
She and her family members were tossed off the ship and into the sea where they were separated by towering waves.
"The wave was very big, like a mountain approaching, as big as a house," said the woman, whose grandson survived with her but three other members of her family were still missing.
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