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Ordeal of British divers missing in the Red Sea
From:
Daily Mail
| Date:
August 9, 2004| Author:
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FIVE British divers were lost for 12 hours in the shark-infested
waters of the Red Sea yesterday.
They had gone on a 45-minute scuba dive to explore the coral reefs
off the Egyptian coast but there was panic when they had failed to
return several hours later.
A huge rescue effort involving helicopters and navy ships swung
into action to find the group of 12, which also included five
Portuguese and two Belgians.
Last night they were all found alive an astonishing 45 miles from
where they had dived.
They were seen floating in the sea and an Egyptian police
spokesman said: 'It may be that ...
