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Hong Kong Ferry Crash kills 36

Dawn.com Published October 2, 2012
A woman, center, who lost her mother in a ferry collision, leaves a public mortuary with relatives of other victims, in Hong Kong. ? Photo by AP
A woman, center, who lost her mother in a ferry collision, leaves a public mortuary with relatives of other victims, in Hong Kong. ? Photo by AP
Relatives of the victims throw paper money Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 as they pay tribute to the ill-fated people aboard a boat that sank Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
Relatives of the victims throw paper money Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 as they pay tribute to the ill-fated people aboard a boat that sank Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
Frogmen from firefighting team retrieve a body, right, near a boat, unseen, after it collided and sank Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
Frogmen from firefighting team retrieve a body, right, near a boat, unseen, after it collided and sank Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
Police officers on a small boat secure the area around a half submerged boat Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 after Monday night's collision near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. The boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. ? Photo by AP
Police officers on a small boat secure the area around a half submerged boat Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 after Monday night's collision near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. The boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. ? Photo by AP
A damaged ferry is docked at a pier after colliding with a boat in Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong. ? Photo by AP
A damaged ferry is docked at a pier after colliding with a boat in Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong. ? Photo by AP
The Sea Smooth ferry with its bow badly damaged sits docked at the Lamma Island pier on October 2, 1012 following a collision with the Lamma IV boat in Hong Kong waters late on October 1. ? Photo by AFP
The Sea Smooth ferry with its bow badly damaged sits docked at the Lamma Island pier on October 2, 1012 following a collision with the Lamma IV boat in Hong Kong waters late on October 1. ? Photo by AFP
A half submerged boat is lifted by cranes Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 after Monday night's collision near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
A half submerged boat is lifted by cranes Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 after Monday night's collision near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. ? Photo by AP
The bow of the Lamma IV boat (Left) is seen partially submerged during rescue operations on October 2, 2012 the morning after it collided with a Hong Kong ferry. ? Photo by AFP
The bow of the Lamma IV boat (Left) is seen partially submerged during rescue operations on October 2, 2012 the morning after it collided with a Hong Kong ferry. ? Photo by AFP

The ferry on Monday collided with a boat owned by utility company Power Assets Holdings Ltd., which was taking its workers and their families to famed Victoria Harbor to watch a fireworks display in celebration of China's National Day and mid-autumn festival. The Lamma IV boat, filled with more than 120 people headed to watch a national day fireworks display in Victoria harbour, collided with the passenger ferry Sea Smooth and sank off Hong Kong, leaving 36 people dead and sparking a frantic overnight search and rescue effort, officials said on October 2.

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