Victims of sea ordeal return home

Victims of sea ordeal return home

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: After receiving medical treatment in
Kendari, 25 victims of an ordeal at sea were dispatched on
Thursday to their homes in Taliabo island, North Maluku. They
were brought home on board the KRI Panana, the Indonesian naval
vessel that rescued them on Tuesday after they had been adrift at
sea for five days without food or water.

Earlier on Wednesday, another 30 people had already been
sent to Wanci island in Southeast Sulawesi province on board a
commercial vessel.

The passengers were traveling on the Saparaya to Taliabo
Island, North Maluku, from Wanci Island, Southeast Sulawesi
province, when the ship's engines failed. -- Antara