Su,Richard19

Many people dead in DR congo boat sinkage-Dec.4.09 By:Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- 73 people are dead so far as a logging boat that was not authorized to carry passengers sank, it has reemerged. It sank during bad weather on Wednesday near the shore of Lake Mai-Ndombe. Lake Mai-Ndombe is only 120km long and 50km wide at it broadest point, now that's not much. The boat that sunk was two logging barges linked together. It sunk around 2000 hours or 8:00 P.M. . Earlier it had been transporting logs on Lake Mai Ndombe in Bandundu province, the United Nations-sponsored Radio Okapi said. There are 273 surviving people from this accident and 73 people are dead. The Red Cross is recovering dead bodies and rounding up any survivor from this accident. They also believe that there are people missing because some may have been trappedn under the boat. Bodies are still coming up to the surface near the shore. Most accidents are caused by overcrowding, lack of safety standards and maintainence. Despite its mineral richness, the DR Congo have very much non-existent roads. The country is limited to boats and aircraft. Sources- BBC News- [] Al Jazeera- [] Similar- The length of both of the articles are about the same, which is average length. There meaning is very close to each other saying just about the same thing on both sides. Both articles agree that there are still a number of people missing, thought to be trapped in the vessel. They also agree on the point that 73 were dead and that bodies were turning up on the shore of Lake Mai-Ndombe. Difference- The surviving numbers are different as AJ says that there were 273 surviving people and BBC says about 270 people. The AJ article tells a little more information than that of BBC. Opinion- I think that this is a horrible event with such a loss of life. The DR Congo needs new boats and other types of transportation. Their government mst focus on the fact that their transportation system is poor to below average.