A passenger of the Norman Atlantic is carried on a stretcher in Bari harbor in Italy on Monday, December 29. The ferry, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.
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A passenger of the Norman Atlantic is carried on a stretcher in Bari harbor in Italy on Monday, December 29. The ferry, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.
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Survivors of the ferry fire are helped by rescuers as they disembark from a rescue ship in the Bari harbor in Italy on December 29.
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Survivors of the ferry fire are helped by rescuers as they disembark from a rescue ship in the Bari harbor in Italy on December 29.
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Passengers eat after their arrival at the airport of Corfu island in Greece on December 29.
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Passengers eat after their arrival at the airport of Corfu island in Greece on December 29.
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, December 28, In this image released by the Italian Navy.
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, December 28, In this image released by the Italian Navy.
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Smoke rises from the Norman Atlantic ferry.
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Smoke rises from the Norman Atlantic ferry.
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on December 28, in this image taken from a video released by the Italian Coast Guard.
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on December 28, in this image taken from a video released by the Italian Coast Guard.
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An Italian Navy helicopter and a rescue unit leave the port of Brindisi to take part in the rescue operations.
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An Italian Navy helicopter and a rescue unit leave the port of Brindisi to take part in the rescue operations.
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Passengers wait to be rescued from the burning ferry.
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Passengers wait to be rescued from the burning ferry.
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An Italian Navy rescue unit leaves the port of Brindisi. A joint Italian-Greek rescue operation will continue into Sunday night according to the Italian Minister of Defense, Roberta Pinotti.
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An Italian Navy rescue unit leaves the port of Brindisi. A joint Italian-Greek rescue operation will continue into Sunday night according to the Italian Minister of Defense, Roberta Pinotti.
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Smoke billows from the ferry. It was heading from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Ancona, Italy.
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Smoke billows from the ferry. It was heading from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Ancona, Italy.
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Greece's Coast Guard spokesman Nikolaos Lagadianos delivers a statement concerning the fire to the media in Piraeus port.
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Greece's Coast Guard spokesman Nikolaos Lagadianos delivers a statement concerning the fire to the media in Piraeus port.
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The fire is believed to have started in the garage area shortly after the ship set sail.
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The fire is believed to have started in the garage area shortly after the ship set sail.
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