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Search continues for survivors in Yangtze River shipwreck

Hundreds are still missing after a cruise ship carrying more than 400 people capsized in China's Yangtze River on Tuesday.

By Christopher Bodeen,  JUNE 2, 2015

JIANLI, CHINA — Divers on Tuesday pulled three people alive from inside an overturned cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with well over 400 people still missing on the Yangtze River.

Fifteen people were brought to safety and at least five people were confirmed dead after the Eastern Star capsized in Hubei Province during a severe storm Monday night with 458 people aboard, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The cruise was from Nanjing to the southwestern city of Chongqing, and many of those aboard were elderly.

The survivors included the ship's captain and chief engineer, both of whom were taken into police custody, state broadcaster CCTV said. Relatives who gathered in Shanghai, where many of the travelers started their journey by bus, questioned whether the captain did enough to ensure the safety of passengers and demanded answers from local officials in unruly scenes that drew a heavy police response. Some of the other survivors swam ashore, but others were rescued after search teams climbed aboard the upside-down hull and heard people yelling for help from within more than 12 hours after the ship overturned.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0602/Search-continues-for-survivors-in-Yangtze-River-shipwreck

Structure of the Lead：

WHO:all the passengers on board

WHEN:2015.06.01

WHAT: Ship capsized

WHERE: Yangtze River

WHY: bumped into rainstorm

HOW: capsized

Key Words
1.cruise: 巡遊、巡航
2.capsize: 翻船
3.custody: 拘留所
4.ashore: 岸上