Roughly 36 hours after the ship capsized on the Yangtze River, the reported death toll rose to 26 as divers worked frantically to reach hundreds of passengers who are feared trapped below.
Rescuers help lift a survivor from the capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River on Tuesday.
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Frantic efforts to reach more than 400 passengers feared trapped inside a cruise ship that capsized Monday night on the Yangtze River in China took a grim turn as more bodies were pulled from the water.
As of Wednesday morning — roughly 36 hours after the Eastern Star capsized in about 50 feet of water — by Wednesday the death toll had risen to 26, with just 14 others rescued, state-run broadcaster CCTV reported.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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