Rescued Chinese sailors back home

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-18 17:05


A crying mother hugs her son who returned home after being rescued from a sinking cargo ship off the island of Guam, at Xiamen Airport, east China's Fujian Province on July 18, 2007. The Panama-registered cargo ship with 22 Chinese sailors sank Tuesday more than 600 km northwest of Guam due to storms brought by Typhoon Man-yi. Chinese Consulate officials said that 13 crew members were rescued, three died and six were still missing. [Xinhua]
 

 


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