After a Deadly Ferry Accident, a Grim Vigil at an Iraqi Morgue
The drawn men waited silently outside the morgue on Saturday for the scream of an approaching ambulance carrying another victim of the devastating raft accident on the Tigris River this past week. “I am looking for these boys,” said one, Mohammed Thanoon, 23, holding out his phone to show photos of his nephews to anyone […]Alissa J. Rubin writes for The New York Times:
The drawn men waited silently outside the morgue on Saturday for the scream of an approaching ambulance carrying another victim of the devastating raft accident on the Tigris River this past week.
“I am looking for these boys,” said one, Mohammed Thanoon, 23, holding out his phone to show photos of his nephews to anyone who would look.
Mr. Thanoon and the others awaited word of loved ones whose fates remained unknown after an overloaded pleasure craft carrying people between Mosul’s riverfront and a small island in the middle of the Tigris capsized on Thursday, dumping its passengers into the water and then sinking.
