Boat found, fishermen presumed perished

  • 1999-12-09
  • Sandra L. Medearis
RIGA - Their families are holding onto their hope that six missing fishermen will be found, but boat and air searches over two days along the western coast of Latvia from Liepaja to Kolka have turned up only their broken fishing boat and an empty life raft."The families haven't lost hope, but our hopes are fading with each passing minute" Karlis Ludans, deputy director at Port of Liepaja, said Dec. 7.The six, all men ranging in age from one in his early 20s to a 49-year old disappeared when their 27-meter steel fishing boat Sniegs met disaster early Dec. 4 in a storm that plagued the Baltic...
 
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