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Memorial services planned for ferry disaster remembrance

Sep 23, 2009
By Ella Karapetyan

FINAL VOYAGE: Disaster struck as rough seas reportedly ripped open the cargo door, leading to the sinking of the ship.
TALLINN - In memory of the 15th anniversary of the 1994 Estonian passenger ferry disaster, which became a symbol for the young nation, the Memento Mare organization, which aims to unite the relatives of the passengers on the ferry, is going to carry out a remembrance ceremony on Sept. 27-28. The ship's sinking in the Baltic sea on Sept. 28, 1994, claimed 852 lives and was one of the deadliest maritime disasters of the late 20th century. According to the trustee of the Memento Mare organizatio ...

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