Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Search for survivors of Yemen volcano eruption called off

SANAA,Yemen-The search by Canadian and other NATO sailors for survivors of a volcanic eruption on an island in the Red Sea has been called off. Ken Allen, a spokesman for the Canadian navy says the search ended shortly after noon local time today.The crew of the Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto managed to pull one survivor out of the water, along with two bodies.But Allen says a vigorous search of an area north of the island of Jabal al-Tair found no other bodies.He says two Yemeni military personnel who were stationed on the island are missing and presumed dead.HMCS Toronto, based in Halifax, was in the area with a NATO fleet when the eruption began Sunday evening.It has since sailed on with the NATO fleet toward the Mediterranean Sea.

As in the days of Noah....

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