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...hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in the stormy Baltic Sea. It went down at 12:34 a.m. Wednesday, so quickly that only 139 of the 1,051 passengers on board were pulled from the water alive. The few who did not drown trapped in the dark cabins of the stricken ship died of shock and hypothermia in the 50 degrees F water...
...especially shocking blow to Estonia and Sweden; nearly all of the victims came from these two countries. Their families' grief provoked an ugly outpouring of questions about why the ship sank so rapidly. Inquiries are also being made about the Estonia's basic design, so similar to the scores of other roll-on, roll-off vessels with vast, open vehicle decks vulnerable to flooding from large loading doors fore and aft. Some analysts were suggesting the loss of the Estonia -- like that of the British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge in 1987 -- means these...
...crew, and I did not hear any messages," he said. "I grabbed a life jacket, and then the boat fell on its left side completely. I managed to jump into a rubber boat with three other people." Moments later, the 15,566-ton Estonia turned nearly upside down and sank, stern first, in 260 ft. of chilly water. Survivors estimated that it had gone down in little more than 15 minutes...
...said it in these pages before, but such moments really do define sport--"the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat," as Roone Arledge spelled it out for ABC long, long ago. Moments that give you chills time and time again--maybe a clutch foul shot you sank to win a game, maybe a broadcaster's patriotic outcry of "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"--are what bring you back...
Fourth singles player, Hricko, sank her Terrier opponent 6-2, 6-1 in her collegiate dual-match debut. And freshman Julia Kim followed suit at sixth singles with...