85 Passengers Feared Dead In Tonga Ferry Accident

85 Passengers Feared Dead in Tonga Ferry Accident

Eighty-five passengers were missing and feared dead Saturday after their ferry flipped and sank off Tonga, with only two bodies recovered more than two days after the disaster.

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