MWANZA, Tanzania - Entombed alive for two days in the sunken Lake Victoria ferry, an African businessman wrote a despairing last note. "We have sealed the door with bedsheets and the only thing we need is oxygen. We lived until the 23rd but now we are finished," a note from M.V.Bukoba said. The vessel sank on May 21st with more than 1,000 people on board. Only 114 people survived. Efforts to recover any more bodies have been abandoned.
Ferry victim left note
MWANZA, Tanzania - Entombed alive for two days in the sunken Lake Victoria ferry, an African businessman wrote a despairing last…
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