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Ferry runs aground off Morocco, 113 passengers rescued
May 2, 2008, 13:18 GMT
Las Palmas, Spain/Rabat - A Spanish ferry with 113 passengers on board ran aground and partially sank off the Atlantic coast of Morocco, media reports said Friday.
The passengers were brought to safety after a dramatic rescue that involved the Moroccan navy and local fishermen, the reports said.
The ferry as-Salama was travelling from the Moroccan port of Tarfaya to the Canary island of Fuerteventura when it struck a rock and began taking on water.
'We had to rush with the children to the rescue boats,' one woman was cited by Spanish daily Canarias as saying. 'The money, the clothes, and the luggage we had to leave on board.'
The passengers were predominantly from Morocco and Spain. The Spanish daily El Pais said that the ferry also was carrying vacationers from Germany, France and Japan.
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Hi Jake
Can you give me more information about Tarfaya ferry . I would like travel in february or march 2009 from Tarafaya to Tenerife. Do you now much for one way ticket for one person + car (land rover). Thanks in advance
adam
Adam did you manage to do your route? I would like to do this too.
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JakeMay 9th, 2008 - 23:13:21
I have taken this ferry many times since it started. I ride the WORLD by motorcycle and stopped in Tarfaya. I have bought property and love the place. The fishermen who saved the passengers are heroes, they are also my friends. They ask for nothing, work for little but would give you a lot. Well, done guys.
Jake.
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