Realtives furious over ferry sinking tragedy

Rescue boats have picked up 435 survivors from the Egyptian ferry that caught fire and sank in the Red Sea, police said today as their officers struggled to hold back hundreds of people trying to push their way into the port of Safaga to get information about their loved ones among the ship’s 1,400 passengers and crew.

“No one is telling us anything,” said Shaaban el-Qott, from the southern city of Qena, who was furious after waiting all night at the port gates for news of his cousin. ”All I want to know if he’s dead or alive.”