LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — Italian divers have recovered more
bodies from the wreck of a smugglers' ship that sank off the tiny island
of Lampedusa, raising the death toll to 250.
Coast Guard
Commander Filippo Marini said 18 bodies were recovered Tuesday from
within the ship's hold, while one was spotted by a helicopter floating
near the wreck.Marini said the search would continue as long as weather allows. Just 155 migrants, most if not all from Eritrea, survived last Thursday's shipwreck. Survivors said there were some 500 people on board when the ship capsized and sank in sight of land.
A disproportionate number of the dead are women: So far the bodies of 75 women have been recovered, while only six of the survivors were female. Seven of the dead are children.
