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Desperate search for missing ship crew

2012-01-18 42 Dailymotion

Two Peruvian families -- one, relieved...the other, in despair.<br/> Benedicta Molina has traveled to Italy to search of her daughter Erika, one of the missing crew members of Costa Concordia.<br/> Erika was a waitress on the cruise ship, whose crew members comprised 40 nationalities including Peruvians.<br/> Erika's sister Madeleine and her father Sartonino came along -- desperate for any information and prepared for the worst.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SISTER MADELEINE SORIA SAYING:<br/> "We are here to find my sister. We have a little bit of hope even if we should only find her body, we want to find her -- dead or alive."<br/> They are pleading to rescue teams.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FATHER SARTONINO SORIA SAYING:<br/> "We are asking that at this time -- all the rescue teams and authorities don't lose any time and do everything they can to recover or find my daughter."<br/> Back in Peru - happier news.<br/> The Paredes family survived the disaster, much to the joy and relief of their relatives.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PILAR PAREDES, THE COUSIN OF SHIP WRECK SURVIVOR NILTON PAREDES, SAYING:<br/> "Deep, deep down I feel happy because it is a miracle of God. It really is a miracle that these three members of our family have been saved."<br/> The death toll is at 11, while 23 people are missing.<br/> But hopes are fading fast that more survivors will be found, five days after the Costa Concordia ran aground.<br/> Michaela Cabrera, Reuters.

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