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As the helmsman of the “Sea Legend” tries to navigate two overcrowded inflatable boats through the darkness and meter-high waves, his ship has turned into a fireball. Two blows echo across the turbulent sea, short and hard like grenade explosions.
More than 3,000 kilometers away, Gina De Carlo sleeps under a skylight on the outskirts of Bielefeld. These are the last hours before life as she knew it ends.
It is Thursday, February 22, 2024, just before four in the morning. A luxury yacht, 42 meters long and four decks high, sinks on the Red Sea. A fire broke out in the galley. There are 31 women and men on board. Some heard frantic shouts and escaped into two rubber boats just in time. This is how a dramatic escape begins.
But a passenger on the “Sea Legend” is missing. Michaela De Carlo, cabin 2, lower deck. A German woman, in her late 50s, with long dark hair and an infectious love of the sea and diving.
Source: Stern
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