Hopes fade for finding survivors from ferry
Tonga ? Eighty-five passengers were missing and feared dead today after their ferry flipped and sank off Tonga, with only two bodies recovered more than two days after the disaster.
Police Chief Inspector Sokopeti To’ia told The Associated Press today the latest count of those aboard the ill-fated ferry was 141. Of those, 54 were rescued and two bodies recovered, leaving 85 missing. The dead were a British man living in New Zealand and a Polynesian woman.
Navy divers from Australia and New Zealand arrived early today to help comb the wreck for bodies. The 85 missing were presumed dead.

