Trawler survivor ‘relieved’ as brother’s body found

THE survivor of the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme was yesterday granted a heartfelt wish — to send his brother’s body home to his family.

The body of father-of-two Wael Mohamad, 32, from the Egyptian port of Rossetta, was recovered yesterday morning by a local dive crew.

His brother Abdo Mohamad, who survived by clinging to a life jacket as the 60ft trawler foundered, promised to tell his niece and nephew about their father. “I am relieved. It’s been difficult,” he said.

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