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The Kim Nirvana ferry carrying 173 passengers has overturned close to the shore near Leyte in the central Philippines. The rescue is ongoing but 36 people are reported dead and 19 still missing.
http://www.ibtimes.com/philippine-b...apsizes-least-33-killed-search-rescue-1993498
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33358610?OCID=twitterasia
News has also just broken that a retired, Rochester New York firefighter and EMT named Lawrence Drake was aboard who helped rescue other passengers.
Mark Gruba (@MarkGruba) tweeted at 12:17pm - 2 Jul 15:
BREAKING @CBSNews says Lawrence Drake, retired #ROC firefighter & EMT among survivors in Phillipines ferry accident, saved others @News_8 (https://twitter.com/MarkGruba/status/616551245021638656?s=17)
http://www.ibtimes.com/philippine-b...apsizes-least-33-killed-search-rescue-1993498
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33358610?OCID=twitterasia
News has also just broken that a retired, Rochester New York firefighter and EMT named Lawrence Drake was aboard who helped rescue other passengers.
Mark Gruba (@MarkGruba) tweeted at 12:17pm - 2 Jul 15:
BREAKING @CBSNews says Lawrence Drake, retired #ROC firefighter & EMT among survivors in Phillipines ferry accident, saved others @News_8 (https://twitter.com/MarkGruba/status/616551245021638656?s=17)
