Estonia ferry disaster - survivors’ accounts

Title

Estonia ferry disaster - survivors’ accounts

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:54

Description

826 people are believed to have died in the Estonia ferry accident, including Briton, John Manning. 138 passengers and crew, including Briton, Paul Barney(?), were rescued and are being treated in hospital. Some of them have been explaining what happened when the ferry went down. Andrew Bomford reports. Includes interviews with Swedish men, Rolf Sorman and Lars Lanke(?), both of whom lost their girlfriends; Dr Penpi(?) Sapola(?), a doctor treating survivors in Turku Hospital, Finland. Notes say Bomford’s voice is IRN copyright.

Contributors

Andrew Bomford; Rolf Sorman; Lars Lanke(?); Penpi(?) Sapola(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Injuries; Emergency services; Hospitals; Sweden; Finland; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Estonia (ship); Estonia (country); John Manning; Paul Barney; Turku Hospital

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