Chinese cruise ship capsized quickly during violent storm

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    Most of the passengers on the Eastern Star cruise ship had gone to bed. A violent storm struck and rain pounded the windows with such force that water seeped into the cabins, survivor Zhang Hui told Xinhua, China's state-run news agency.

    The ship began tilting, Zhang told the agency, reaching an angle of 45 degrees at one point. Small bottles rolled off the table in his cabin.

    "Looks like we are in trouble," he remembers telling a colleague.

    Read more http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/asia/china-yangtze-river-ship-sinking/
     

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