Mother Tells How Daughter Slipped Away in North Cyprus Ferry Disaster
A 267-passenger ferry took in water and flipped in rough seas, with divers and coast guard crews searching for nearly 20 missing people.
- A double-hulled ferry carrying 267 people capsized off Kyrenia, Cyprus, on Sunday, killing at least eight passengers with search teams seeking nearly 20 people missing in waters more than 500 metres deep.
- Severe storms hit Cyprus on Saturday, leaving seas rough when the vessel encountered trouble shortly after departing for Tasucu, Turkey; Separate accounts suggest the ferry jolted violently before slamming into the sea surface.
- Ayten Bicer and her husband Hayri lost two of their three children in the disaster. Describing the chaos, Bicer said, "It was slipping like oil, there was diesel, our feet were slippery."
- Turkish Divers are assisting local Authorities in the search, who have detained the captain and crew for questioning as the vessel now lies on the seabed in waters more than 500 metres deep.
- FAMILIES WAIT FOR UPDATES Outside the Kyrenia port on Monday as Debris remains scattered across the water, with officials citing differing estimates of the missing—some saying 19 and others 18.
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Relief operations continue to find 18 missing persons following the shipwreck of a ferry that killed eight people off the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Search and rescue operations for the 18 missing people resumed for the second day following the tragedy off the coast of Girne. The operations are also being supported by aerial support.
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Cyprus MailMother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster
By Mehmet Emin CaliskanKYRENIA, Cyprus, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people.Her daughter Miray, and 6-year-old son Mehmet Asaf, were among nearly 20 people still missing on Monday as search teams looked for survivors in waters more than 500 metres (1,640 feet) deep."She was saying, 'Don't let go'. And I didn…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the tragedy and informed about the operation's progress so far. The post Turkey: Erdogan's condolences to the families of the victims – He is closely following the searches for the missing appeared first on in.gr.
The families of the missing in the tragic shipwreck are experiencing difficult times.
While search efforts continue for the passengers missing after the ship sank off the coast of Girne in Northern Cyprus, the heart-wrenching cries of a mother who still has no news of her children, Saliha Miray Biçer and Mehmet Asaf Biçer, have deeply moved many.
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