Survivor: ‘Rest of the crew still down there’

THE only surviving fisherman from a trawler sunk off the south-west coast believes the five other crewmen’s bodies are still within the submerged vessel.

Grieving Egyptian Abdo Mohamad arrived in Union Hall, Co Cork, yesterday after being discharged from hospital and agonisingly watched the ongoing search for his brother, Wael, aged 32, and the other occupants of the trawler Tit Bonhomme which sank after hitting rocks in Glandore Bay around 6am last Sunday.

The 40-year-old, who wore a sling on his arm after suffering injuries when the boat crashed into Adam’s Island in the mouth of the bay, was escorted to the search headquarters by gardaí after requesting that he console and show solidarity with the other families searching for their loved ones.