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Survivors remember huge tide swamping everything
Sunday October 31, 2010 08:06:31 AM , IANS
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Kakdwip
(West Bengal): A huge tide, and then within a fraction
of a second the whole world became dark for Ajmal Sheikh, 23, one
of the survivors of the trawler tragedy in West Bengal Saturday.
The vessel capsized near the confluence of the Bay of Bengal and
river Muriganga leaving 18 dead and more than 50 missing. "I only
remember a big tide and then everything was blank. I had my son
sitting beside me. But right now I don't know where he is," said
Sheikh, who is still in a state of shock.
The situation is more or less the same for Fatima Bibi who doesn't
know where to find her husband and mother-in-law.
"I got married earlier this year. I was coming back from Hijli
Sharif along with my husband and mother-in law. But I don't know
whether my husband and my mother-in law are dead or alive," said
Fatima, weeping inconsolably.
Hundreds of relatives of passengers thronged the Kakdwip
sub-divisional hospital in search of their relatives.
"I have come here in search of my brother. He was coming from
Hijli Sharif Dargah after offering prayers," said Mastafa Ahmed.
Many even queued up at the banks of Muriganga River with a hope
that they would get at least some information. But their hopes
were dashed when the officials decided to call off search
operations in the evening and resume it at dawn Sunday.
"Search operations have been called off due to darkness and will
resume tomorrow," added chief secretary Samar Ghosh at the state
secretariat Writers' Buildings in Kolkata.
The trawler sailing to Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas from Hijli
Sharif in East Midnapore district with around 150-250 passengers
capsized Saturday morning.
About 50 people have been rescued so far, of whom 32 have been
admitted to the Kakdwip sub-divisional hospital for treatment.
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