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Started by The Brain, September 27, 2014, 06:30:46 PM

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September 27, 2014, 06:30:46 PM
Today 20 years ago the Estonia was lost in the Baltic Sea. :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

800+ people killed, including 500 Swedes. I remember that morning well. There had't been loss of Swedish life in a single day on that scale since I suppose the wars of old.

Just 10 years later another black day saw 500 Swedes killed. This time by the great tsunami in SE Asia. But that anniversary is a few months away.
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September 28, 2014, 12:08:11 AM
20 years already, wow. :(
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September 28, 2014, 02:02:01 AM
A terrible tragedy, one of which I have great sympathy for given the recent disaster here in Korea. :(
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September 28, 2014, 02:09:26 AM
I had two friends on board. They showed up late and couldn't get cabins so they were napping in one of the upper decks, so they survived, both of them.
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September 28, 2014, 02:19:45 AM
Quote from: The Brain on September 27, 2014, 06:30:46 PM
Today 20 years ago the Estonia was lost in the Baltic Sea. :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

800+ people killed, including 500 Swedes. I remember that morning well. There had't been loss of Swedish life in a single day on that scale since I suppose the wars of old.

Just 10 years later another black day saw 500 Swedes killed. This time by the great tsunami in SE Asia. But that anniversary is a few months away.

I guess Swedes and water do not mix. At least in a year ending with 4.  :ph34r:
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