Originally Posted by
RatherBeFlying
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'Papa, we saw the plane going down in the water. I was in the water,
I could hear people talking, but I couldn't see anyone. I was in the dark, I couldn't see a thing on top of that, Daddy. I can't swim well and I held on to something, but I don't really know what'
—Bahia Bakari in telephone conversation with her father
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she held on to a piece of the plane from 1:30 a.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m.
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Sgt. Said Abdilai told Europe 1 radio that Bahia was too weak to grasp the life ring rescuers threw to her, so he jumped into the sea to get her.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...rvivor-yemeni-
Does this mean there were other survivors but the emergency services got there too late for anyone else?